Greek American AA
Greek American Atlas Astoria, commonly known as New York Greek American, is an American soccer team from New York City that currently plays in the amateur Cosmopolitan Soccer League. The club was formed in 1941 by Tom Laris and is one of the most successful clubs in America's annual national soccer tournament, the National Challenge Cup, winning four times, in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1974. The team is one of the oldest American soccer clubs in existence and plays its games at the Metropolitan Oval in Maspeth, Queens.
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