Frank Dell'Apa

Ponta Delgada

Aug. 31, 1947 – Ponta Delgada SC 6:1 Chicago Sparta, U.S. Open Cup final first leg, N. Tiverton, R.I. (Att.: 2,400)

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Ponta Delgada SC (Fall River, Mass.) became first team to win U.S. Open Cup & U.S. Amateur Cup double, and also was selected to represent the U.S. in the North American Football Championship, a forerunner of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Pontas virtually clinched the U.S. Open Cup with a 6-1 victory over Chicago Sparta in the opening leg.

Goals: Ed Souza 2, Travis, J. Souza, Valentine, Ferreira; Francis Quinn. [Read more…] about Aug. 31, 1947 – Ponta Delgada SC 6:1 Chicago Sparta, U.S. Open Cup final first leg, N. Tiverton, R.I. (Att.: 2,400)

May 21, 1950 – Pittsburgh Harmarville 1:4 (1:4 aggregate) Ponta Delgada at Bridgeville Park, U.S. Amateur Cup final

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Two weeks after losing in the National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) final, Ponta Delgada won the U.S. Amateur Cup for the fourth time in five years. Ponta Delgada was considered underdogs in the away leg, after having played to a 0-0 home draw with Harmarville on May 14, 1950. [Read more…] about May 21, 1950 – Pittsburgh Harmarville 1:4 (1:4 aggregate) Ponta Delgada at Bridgeville Park, U.S. Amateur Cup final

Sept. 7, 1947 – Ponta Delgada first to win U.S. Open Cup & U.S. Amateur Cup double

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Fall River’s Ponta Delgada SC became the country’s dominant team in the late 1940s and was selected to represent the U.S. in the first North American championship, losing to Mexico (5-0) and Cuba (5-2) in Havana. [Read more…] about Sept. 7, 1947 – Ponta Delgada first to win U.S. Open Cup & U.S. Amateur Cup double

June 29, 1950 – U.S. 1:0 England, World Cup at Estadio Independencia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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USA team: (back row, l-r) manager Chubby Lyons, Joe Maca, Charlie Colombo, Frank Borghi, Harry Keogh, Walter Bahr, coach Bill Jeffrey; (front row, l-r) Frank Wallace, Ed McIlvenny, Gino Pariani, Joe Gaetjens, John Souza, Ed Souza

The result of this first-round World Cup match was such a shock that many misleading reports resulted, including an Associated Press story in The Boston Globe crediting Ed Souza of Fall River, Mass., (instead of Joe Gaetjens) with a 39th-minute goal. [Read more…] about June 29, 1950 – U.S. 1:0 England, World Cup at Estadio Independencia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

May 21, 1950 – Ponta Delgada wins U.S. Amateur Cup

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Ponta Delgada SC won the U.S. Amateur Cup for the fourth time in five years. Ponta Delgada became the first team to win three successive U.S. Amateur Cup titles (1946-48), then lost to eventual champion Elizabeth (N.J.) SC in the 1949 tournament. Ponta Delgada was the first to capture the U.S. Amateur/Open Cup double in 1947, and this time came close, reaching the 1950 U.S. Open Cup final. [Read more…] about May 21, 1950 – Ponta Delgada wins U.S. Amateur Cup

April 22, 1950 – St. Louis Simpkins Ford 2:0 Ponta Delgada SC. U.S. Open Cup final first leg

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Ponta Delgada, which won one of its six U.S. Amateur Cup titles in 1950, would fall in the National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) final after a 1-1 return leg draw in North Tiverton, R.I., May 7. Ponta Delgada won one U.S. Open Cup title, in 1947 (when it also won the U.S. Amateur Cup). [Read more…] about April 22, 1950 – St. Louis Simpkins Ford 2:0 Ponta Delgada SC. U.S. Open Cup final first leg