The Peter J. Peel Challenge Cup , better known as the Peel Cup , was an open soccer competition that crowned the Illinois state champion until it was replaced by the Illinois Governor’s Cup in 1971.
10-714: Peter Peel was born in 1866 in Dublin , Ireland and moved to Chicago , Illinois when young. He founded the first soccer association in Illinois, served as president of the Chicago Soccer League, and later became president of the United States Football Association . In 1909, he established a competition, named after himself, open to all soccer clubs in the Midwestern United States . Proceeds from
20-413: A high school soccer competition. On September 21, 2007, the cup final between RWB Adria and United Serbs was halted in the 40th minute with the score tied at 2-2 after rival fans began rioting. Peter Peel Peter J. Peel (1866 – May 3, 1960) was a two-time president of the United States Football Association . He also coached the U.S. Olympic team at the 1924 Summer Olympics and founded
30-628: A tradition that the first team to win it three times keeps the cup. However, through all its name changes it continues to crown the annual Illinois State Champions and is commonly referred to as the Illinois State Cup. The winner, and runner up, of the Illinois State Cup advances to the Regional Tournament of Champions. The Peel Cup should not be confused with the Peel Shield which was established by Peter Peel in 1912 and held until 1919 as
40-792: The Peel Cup . He was elected as a builder to the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1951. Peel was born in Dublin, Ireland and grew up in Ireland, but in 1893 traveled to the United States to visit the Chicago World’s Fair . He remained in Chicago. Peel became an integral part of Chicago's athletic scene. In 1909, he established the Peel Cup , an annual cup competition to crown the Illinois state champion. Peel intended this cup to have two purposes, one
50-646: The city, especially those playing in the National Soccer League of Chicago . At the time, aside from Bethlehem Steel , teams from Chicago, New York City and Saint Louis dominated American soccer. After being awarded to the Olympics on November 1, 1970, the Peel Cup disappeared. The decision was made at that time to replace it with the Governor’s Cup . Since then, the cup has changed names multiple times based on
60-471: The competition went to a fund to benefit injured soccer players. The first tournament included clubs from Chicago, Peoria, and Coal City. Peel also had plans to include clubs from St. Louis, Detroit, and Cleveland the following year. On October 3, 1909, the Campbell Rovers defeated Coal City 3-0 in front of a large crowd at the 124th Field Artillery Amory (52nd Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue) to win
70-563: The first cup. Until the 1914 establishment of the National Challenge Cup , the Peel Cup was among the most significant cup competition in the United States. While it was originally intended to determine the club champion of the mid-west, the Peel Cup quickly became the tournament to determine the Illinois State Champions. For several years it was a de facto Chicago championship, due to the large number of talented teams in
80-414: Was elected its first president. A year later, he was elected as the president of the United States Football Association . At the time, the term of office was limited to one year. Peel was re-elected in 1918 for a second term. Peel was elected for a third time in 1923, narrowly defeating Thomas Cahill . In one of the more odd incidents in U.S. soccer administrative history, Peel terminated Cahill, who
90-473: Was the association’s first vice president, accusing Cahill of attacking him with a knife. According to Cahill, he was using a knife to peel a plug of tobacco when Peel became aggressive toward him. During this term in office, Peel oversaw the entry of the first official U.S. team to enter the Olympics. In 1924, Peel chose not to stand for re-election and declared bankruptcy soon after. However, he remained active in soccer affairs, primarily in Chicago, but also to
100-668: Was to promote a high level of competition and also to raise money for a player benefit fund. The Peel Cup the longest running U.S. soccer cup until superseded in 1970 by the Illinois Governor’s Cup. Three years later, he established the Peel Shield which was awarded to the Cook County, Illinois high school championship. In 1916, the Illinois State Soccer Football Association was formed, and Peter Peel
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