Alfonso Marina

Alfonso “Al” Marina (August 5, 1930 - May 27, 2004)[1] was an American soccer player who spent his career in the American Soccer League, earned one cap with the U.S. national team, and was a member of the 1956 Olympic soccer team.

Marina earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 3–2 loss to Iceland on August 25, 1955.[2] Marina was then selected for the 1956 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.[3] At the time of the games, he played for Brooklyn Hispano in the American Soccer League.

References
  1. "Olympedia – Alfonso Marina". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  2. "USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969". RSSSF. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010.
  3. "The Year in American Soccer - 1956". sover.net. Archived from the original on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-11-26.


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