Joseph Rego-Costa
Joseph Rego-Costa (July 3, 1919, in Fall River, Massachusetts – April 27, 2002, in Fall River, Massachusetts) was a U.S. soccer right halfback who earned four caps with the United States and was the captain of the team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
Club career
[edit]He played for the Ponta Delgada S.C. which won the 1947 National Challenge Cup and National Amateur Cup.[2]
National and Olympic teams
[edit]Based on the 1947 Cup results, the U.S. Soccer Federation selected Ponta Delgada to serve as the United States at the 1947 NAFC Championship. In the first game, the U.S. 5-0 to Mexico and in the second, they lost 5–2 to Cuba.[3] The next year, he was selected as the captain of the U.S. soccer team at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The U.S. lost 9–0 to Italy in the first round.[4] Rego-Costa played two more full internationals with the U.S. team following the Olympics, an 11–0 loss to Norway and a 5–0 loss to Ireland
He was inducted into the New England Soccer Hall of Fame in 1988.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Joseph Rego-Costa". Olympedia. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ USA - List of US Open Cup Finals Archived May 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1947". Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2007.
- ^ rsssf.org
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2007.
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