The Brooklyn Bridegrooms, sporting their golden jerseys shocked the four-time Ultimate Division winners in the American football Association Cup final.  A headball from Caleb Garner off of a Dustin Patterson was the only goal necessary to achieve the championship.  Despite their regular season troubles, the Bridegrooms looked brilliant throughout the tournament.  Coach Willy Dominic is predicting great things for the upcoming season: "We can play with anybody when we put our minds to it.  That's what the lads did for the Cup.  And that's what we'll do next season - it won't be fighting off relegation; we're going to nabbing promotion to the Ultimate Division." 

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The Boston Shipwrights, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, and Boston Gaelics all came out West to participate in the Columbia Challenge.  The host Golden West FC squared off against the Ultimate Division champion Shipwrights.  After a very defensive first half, Golden West struck in quick succession early in the second half to vault into a two goal lead.  While Boston pressed hard for the rest of the game, they could not break through the Golden West defense.

In the other semi-final, the surprising Brooklyn Bridegrooms, AFA Cup winners, contended with the Penultimate Division champions, Boston Gaelics.  Based on the style of play, one would have expected that the Bridegrooms would be rising to the Ultimate Division instead of barely fending off relegation in the Penultimate.  Brooklyn took a 2:1 lead into halftime.  Boston knotted it up early in the second, but Brooklyn struck back three minutes later to lock up the win.

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In the 1909-1910 Derbies, Milwaukee Cream City FC captured its first Big Mug, while the Philadelphia Libbies claimed their first Liberty Ball.  St. Paul Boreads get to fly the Fort Flag once gain.  The Baltimore Bannerets haven't let the Chimney Swifts touch the Star-Spangled Cup, and the New York Fomorians made it two in a row for the Silver Shillelagh.

The Milwaukee Brewmasters captured their 2nd Ultimate Division title, outdistancing the New York Fomorians by 3 points.  More of the national coverage focused on what was going on at the bottom of the table.  Reigning division champion Boston Shipwrights finished only 2 points out of relegation.  Baltimore Chimney Swifts, three-time champion and founding member, collapsed down the stretch and were relegated.  Going into the final weekend, they were a point ahead of Mound City.  However, Baltimore lost to the Cincinnati Scarlets 4-2 and Mound City earned a point with a draw at home against Milwaukee Cream City.  Joining the Chimney Swifts in relegation were the Boston Gaelics, who had been promoted for this season.  Omar Turner of the Brewmasters was the recipient of the Golden Ball; he also led the division in points and assists.  Teammate Maurice Webster led the division in goals with 15.