1961 Canadian National Challenge Cup

1961 Canada Soccer Football Championship Canada Montreal Concordia 2 Vancouver Firefighters 1960 1962 The 1961 Canada Soccer Football Championship was the 40th staging of Canada Soccer's domestic football club competition. Montreal Concordia won the Carling's Red Cap Trophy after they beat Vancouver Firefighters in the Canadian Final at Faillon Stadium in Montréal on 29 July 1961.Calgary Herald news report This was the last year in which Canada Soccer featured professional clubs in its national club competition until 2008 when it inaugurated the new Canadian Championship. Canadian teams set to do battle https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/canadian-teams-set-to-do-battle/article17983063/ Globe and Mail Canada March 27, 2008 March 28, 2008 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235345/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/canadian-teams-set-to-do-battle/article17983063/ live 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.Concordia Blanks Ulster https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v40tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F50FAAAAIBAJ&dq=montreal%20soccer%20dominion&pg=5449%2C2671055 12 June 2011 The Montreal Gazette 13 May 1961 Squad lists The following are some of the players from the games found in the news reports. Montreal Concordia Olivio Lacerda (centre forward) Hector Dadderio (outside right) Emilio Svitch (GK) Vancouver Firfighters Ken Pears (GK) Art Hughes (centre-forward) Art Bennett (forward) Matches 1961 07 22 y Final Montreal Concordia 1-0 Vancouver Firefighters Olivio Lacerda Faillon Stadium Montreal, Quebec 4,000 Harry Sadler References External links Official site; fixtures and results at CanadaSoccer.com List of champions Category:Canadian National Challenge Cup Canadian National Challenge Cup Nat Canadian National Challenge Category:July 1961 sports events in North America Category:Soccer competitions in Montreal