page_title: Westminster Royals
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Westminster Royals / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The 1928 Westminster Royals, winners of their first Connaught Cup with Jack 'Jock' Coulter (middle row, third from the right) plied the front lines.
context_page_description: The Westminster Royals is a Canadian soccer club based in New Westminster, British Columbia. It has the distinction of winning Canada Soccer's The Challenge Trophy eight times, setting the existing record for most domestic cup championships by a team in Canada. Originally known as Westminster United in 1912, they were Canada's dominant team for close to a decade from when they were known as the Westminster Royals in the 1920s and 1930s. They were later known as New Westminster Royals FC when they rejoined the Pacific Coast League in 1948-49.
caption: The 1928 team
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