Bridgeport Vasco da Gama is an American soccer club founded in the 1940s and based in

Bridgeport, Connecticut Bridgeport is the List of municipalities in Connecticut, most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the List of cities by population in New England, fifth-most populous ...

. The club plays in the Connecticut Soccer League. The team is notable for making the finals of the

1978 National Challenge Cup The 1978 National Challenge Cup was the 65th edition of the USSF's annual open soccer championship. Teams from the North American Soccer League declined to participate. Maccabee Los Angeles of Los Angeles defeated the Bridgeport Vasco da Gama ...

and 1992 U.S. Open Cup. They lost the 1978 final to

Maccabi Los Angeles Maccabee Athletic Club ( he, מכבי לוס אנג'לס, MAH-KAH-Bee) was an American athletic club based in Los Angeles, California. The primary activity of the club was Maccabee Los Angeles Soccer Club, a team which competed professionally in t ...

, and the 1992 final to the

San Jose Oaks The San Jose Oaks are a semi-professional soccer club from San Jose, California with affiliations to the California Soccer Association and the USSF. History The Oaks were founded in 1974 as an amateur side. The team has participated in the Calif ...

Head coaches

Efrain Chacurian Efraín or Yeprem "Chico" Chacurian (22 February 1924 - 15 February 2019) was an Argentine-American soccer forward. He earned four caps, scoring one goal, as a member of the U.S. national team in 1953 and 1954. He was inducted into the National ...

(1974-1980) * {{flagicon, POL Leszek Wrona (1993-1994)

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