The match originally was going to feature Penn State playing the South Florida Bulls club soccer team in the final, but the Bulls were unable to make the trip to St. Louis, causing Purdue to serve as an alternate.
From 1926 until 1950 head coach Bill Jeffrey had the Penn State program accumulate a record of 138–20–24.
Since at the time the NCAA did not sanction the sport, the ISFA permitted varsity and club teams to compete against each other.
The opening matches featured local high school soccer programs in the St. Louis metro area.
[3] The match was played in four, 22-minute quarters as opposed to 45-minute halves, as at the time it was the standard U.S.S.F.A rules in an attempt to "Americanize" the game.