1969 National Challenge Cup

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{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = National Challenge Cup

| year = 1969

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| image = Dewar trophy 1914.jpg

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| caption = Dewar Challenge Cup

| country = United States

| dates = 5 January – 29 June 1969

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| defending_champions = Greek American AA

| winners = Greek American AA

| count = 3

| second = Montabello Armenians

| semifinal1 = Hansa

| semifinal2 = Hellenic

| continental_cup_title = 1970 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

| continental_cup_qualifiers = Greek American AA

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| prev_season = 1968

| next_season = 1970

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The 1969 National Challenge Cup was the 56th edition of the United States Soccer Football Association's annual open soccer championship. The Greek American AA team defeated the Montebello Armenians in the final game. As a result, Greek American Atlas won their third consecutive National Cup title. The feat would not be repeated until 2011, when Seattle Sounders FC defeated Chicago Fire.{{cite web|title=Seattle Sounders Win Third Consecutive Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in Front of Record Crowd |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Lamar-Hunt-U-S-Open-Cup/2011/10/Seattle-Sounders-Claim-Third-Consecutive-Open-Cup-Title.aspx |publisher=U.S. Soccer |accessdate=October 5, 2011 |date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121035705/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Lamar-Hunt-U-S-Open-Cup/2011/10/Seattle-Sounders-Claim-Third-Consecutive-Open-Cup-Title.aspx |archivedate=January 21, 2012 }}

Bracket

{{Round16

|March 23 - San Francisco|SF Scots|2|Heidelberg Beer|1

|January 5 - Los Angeles|Montebello Armenians|5|Croatia|2

|March 23|Hansa|2|Polonia|0

|March 9 - St. Louis|Kutis|1|Good Counsel|0

||NY Ukrainian|2|Hota|0

|March 2|NY Greek American|3|Blue Star|1

||Hellenic||Eintracht|

|March 16 - Queens|Gottschee|3|German Hungarian|2

|Apr 27/May 4 - SF/LA|SF Scots|0-1|Montebello Armenians|0-3

|May 17 - Chicago|Hansa|1|Kutis|0

|March 16, 23|Ukrainian||Greek American|

|March 23 - Queens|Hellenic||Gottschee|

|June 8 - Los Angeles|Montebello Armenians|2|Hansa|1

|March 30 - Queens|Greek American|3|Hellenic|0

|June 29 - Los Angeles|Montebello Armenians|0|Greek American|1

|RD1=Round of 16

|RD2=Quarterfinals

|3rdplace=no}}

References

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