:Joe Ferreira
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Joseph Ferreira (December{{nbsp}}15, 1916{{snd}}June{{nbsp}}10, 2007) was a U.S. soccer player. He earned three caps with the U.S. national team between 1947 and 1948.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27738 |title=Joe Ferreira |work=Olympedia |access-date=22 October 2021}} He was born and died in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Club career
Ferreira began his career with Ponta Delgada S.C., an amateur Fall River soccer club. At the time, Ponta Delgado S.C. was a dominant U.S. team, losing the National Challenge Cup final in 1946 and 1950 and winning the title in 1947. The team also won the 1947 National Amateur Cup.
In 1957, he signed with the expansion Fall River S.C. of the American Soccer League (ASL).
National and Olympic teams
Following Ponta Delgado's 1947 National Cup championship, the U.S. Soccer Federation selected the club to play as the U.S. national team at the 1947 NAFC Championship. Ferreira earned his first of three caps with the U.S. national team at the NAFC championship in the 5–0 loss to Mexico. In 1948, he earned two more caps, the first an 11–0 loss to Norway on August 6, 1948. His last game came in a 3–1 victory over Israel on September 26, 1948.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113210650/http://rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html |date=January 13, 2010}}
Ferreria was also a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1948 Summer Olympics
1948 Olympics. The U.S. lost 9–0 to Italy in the first round.[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1948f-det.html Football Tournament 1948 Olympiad]
References
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External links
- {{NFT|61489}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|joe-ferreira}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120722120021/http://www.heraldnews.com/obituaries/x1310059942 Obituary] archived from [https://web.archive.org/web/20120722120021/http://www.heraldnews.com/obituaries/x1310059942 the original]
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Category:American men's soccer players
Category:United States men's international soccer players
Category:Olympic soccer players for the United States
Category:Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:Ponta Delgada S.C. players
Category:American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
Category:Fall River S.C. players
Category:Soccer players from Fall River, Massachusetts
Category:Soccer players from Massachusetts
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:American people of Portuguese descent
Category:Sportspeople of Portuguese descent
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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