The 1961 Canadian National Challenge Cup, aka The Dominion Cup, was won by Montreal Concordia

Montreal Concordia

Montreal Concordia was a Canadian soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec. The team was active during a very turbulent time in North American soccer with many league forming and folding, year after year...

(also National League champions). They beat Vancouver Firefighters 1-0 in a rain soaked game in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

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Calgary Herald news report

Format

The eastern Canada based National Soccer League held a round robin series to determine a winner to play against the winner of the Eastern Professional Soccer League. The winner of that series would then face the western Canada representative.

Montreal Concordia

• Olivio Lacerda (centre forward)
• Hector Dadderio (outside right)
• Emilio Svitch (GK)

Matches