It was believed that sending the champion amateur team would provide a squad with better chemistry than that of an all-star selection and require considerably less time to gel as a unit.
The only team with all American born players was the Union Electrics of St. Louis who had withdrawn at the quarterfinal stage.
[1] At the conclusion of the final game the eligible players on both the Fleisher Yarn and Swedish American teams were chosen while the remainder of the Olympic squad had to be selected from other amateur teams.
Eastern Quarterfinals Western Quarterfinals Eastern Semifinals Western Semifinals Union Electric withdrawal The original plan was for the 1924 Amateur Cup champion to serve as the United States team in the 1924 Olympic soccer tournament.
Union also claimed there was no plan to reimburse their travel expense to Chicago to play Swedish American FC.