Joseph Rego-Costa
Joseph Rego-Costa (born July 3, 1919 in Fall River, Massachusetts; died 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[]
He played for the Ponta Delgada S.C. which won the 1947 National Challenge Cup and National Amateur Cup.[2]
National and Olympic teams[]
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[]
- ^ "Joseph Rego-Costa". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ USA - List of US Open Cup Finals Archived 2010-12-24 at WebCite
- ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 1947". Archived from the original on 2010-12-24. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ^ www.rsssf.com
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2007-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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