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Alfonso Marina

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Alfonso Marina(August 5, 1930 – May 27, 2004) was an Americansoccerplayer who spent his career in theAmerican Soccer League,earned onecapwith theU.S. national team,and was a member of the 1956 Olympic soccer team.

Marina earned onecapwith theU.S. national teamin a 3–2 loss toIcelandon August 25, 1955.[1]Marina was then selected for the1956 U.S. Olympic soccer team.The U.S. had a successful tour of Asia before the games, winning five and losing three. However, the games proved anticlimactic when the U.S. lost, 9–1, to Yugoslavia in the first round.[2]At the time of the games, he played forBrooklyn Hispanoin theAmerican Soccer League.

Marina died inLong Island, New Yorkon May 27, 2004, at the age of 73.[3]

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  1. ^"USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969".RSSSF.Archivedfrom the original on January 13, 2010.
  2. ^"The Year in American Soccer - 1956".sover.net.Archived fromthe originalon October 31, 2007.RetrievedNovember 26,2007.
  3. ^"Olympedia – Alfonso Marina".www.olympedia.org.RetrievedNovember 28,2021.
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