Ed Valentine is a former U.S. soccer player who played with the amateur

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-based club

Ponta Delgada S.C. Ponta Delgada Soccer Club, also referred to as Fall River Ponta Delgada, was a United States soccer club, based in Fall River, Massachusetts. The club was formed by members of the city’s Portuguese community and shared its name with Ponta Delg ...

in the mid to late 1940s. Ponta Delgado was runner up in the 1946 National Challenge Cup. The next year, the team won the National Challenge Cup and the

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. This led to the

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selecting Ponta Delgado to represent the U.S. in the

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. In 1947, the then recently founded North American Football Confederation held its first regional championship, known as the

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. On July 13, 1947, Valentine earned his first cap with the U.S. national team in a 5-0 loss to

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. Seven days later, he earned his second cap, and scored his lone goal, with the national team in a 4-2 loss to

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.USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969

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