Joseph Ferreira (December 15, 1916,

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– June 10, 2007,

) was a U.S.

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player. He earned three

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with the U.S. national team between 1947 and 1948.

Club career

Ferreira began his career with

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 ...

, an amateur Fall River soccer club. At the time, Ponta Delgado S.C. was a dominant U.S. team, losing the

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final in 1946 and 1950 and winning the title in 1947. The team also won the 1947

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. 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

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selected the club to play as the U.S. national team at the

1947 NAFC Championship The 1947 NAFC Championship was the first association football championship for the North American Football Confederation (NAFC). The first tournament came soon after the founding of the NAFC. Cuba hosted the tournament which included the host nat ...

. Ferreira earned his first of three

with the U.S. national team at the NAFC championship in the 5-0 loss to

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. In 1948, he earned two more caps, the first an 11-0 loss to

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on August 6, 1948. His last game came in a 3-1 victory over

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on September 26, 1948. Ferreria was also a member of the U.S. soccer team at the

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1948 Olympics. The U.S. lost 9-0 to Italy in the first round.Football Tournament 1948 Olympiad
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