Greek American AA
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| Full name | NY Greek American Atlas Astoria, New York |
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| Nickname(s) | Atlas | ||
| Founded | 1941 | ||
| Ground | Metropolitan Oval, Maspeth, New York - USA (Capacity: 500) |
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| Manager | George Mellis | ||
| League | Cosmopolitan Soccer League | ||
| 2008-09 | Champions | ||
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Greek American Atlas Astoria, commonly known as New York Greek American, is a soccer team from New York City that formed in 1941 by Tom Laris and went on to win four National Challenge Cups. The team plays in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League. Their reserve team is the Greek-American Atlas Reserves FC. The team is one of the oldest American soccer clubs in existence. They won the National Challenge Cup three consecutive times between 1967 and 1969, to date one of only three teams to do so, the others being Stix, Baer and Fuller/St. Louis Central Breweries from 1933 to 1935 and Seattle Sounders FC from 2009 to 2011.
[edit] Team honors
- National Challenge Cup winners: 4
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- 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974
- National Challenge Cup runners-up: 1
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- 1989
- CSL Champions: 3
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- 2004-05, 2007-08, 2008-2009
[edit] Notable players
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