1968 U.S. Open Cup
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The 1968 U.S. Open Cup was the 55th edition of the United States Soccer Football Association's annual open cup. No North American Soccer League
teams played in the tournament because it was during the offseason and it was when National Professional Soccer League
and United Soccer Association
were merging at the time. In the end, New York Greek American Atlas F.C.
won its second of three straight Open Cups.
North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...
teams played in the tournament because it was during the offseason and it was when National Professional Soccer League
National Professional Soccer League (1967)
The National Professional Soccer League was a North American professional soccer league that existed for only the 1967 season before merging with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League. It had ten charter members, nine from the United States and one from Canada...
and United Soccer Association
United Soccer Association
The United Soccer Association is a former professional soccer league featuring teams from the United States and Canada. The league survived only one season before merging with the National Professional Soccer League to form the North American Soccer League. All the teams in the league were imported...
were merging at the time. In the end, New York Greek American Atlas F.C.
Greek American AA
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 U.S. Open Cups. The team plays in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League. Their reserve team is the Greek-American Atlas Reserves FC. The...
won its second of three straight Open Cups.