Edward Souza-Neto (September 22, 1921 – May 19, 1979) was an American soccer player who earned at least 7

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s and scored 3 goals for the

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, and played in the U.S. team's historic 1–0 victory over

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in the

1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...

. Souza was also a member of the U.S. team for the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

. He played his club soccer with Fall River Ponta Delgada and New York German-Hungarian SC. Souza was not related to his teammate

John Souza John Souza-Benavides (July 12, 1920 – March 11, 2012) known as John "Clarkie" Souza, was an American soccer player who earned 14 caps and scored 2 goals for the United States men's national soccer team, and played in the U.S. team's histor ...

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National Soccer Hall of Fame profile
* 1921 births 1979 deaths American people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople from Fall River, Massachusetts United States men's international soccer players National Soccer Hall of Fame members 1950 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for the United States Ponta Delgada S.C. players Soccer players from Massachusetts American soccer players Men's association football forwards {{US-footy-forward-stub