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Bridgeport Vasco da Gama is an American soccer club founded in the 1940s and based in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The club plays in the Connecticut Soccer League.
The team is notable for making the finals of the 1978 National Challenge Cup and 1992 U.S. Open Cup. They lost the 1978 final to Maccabi Los Angeles, and the 1992 final to the San Jose Oaks.
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, also known as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Vasco da Gama, that was founded on August 21, 1898, by Portuguese immigrants, and still has a strong fanbase among the Portuguese community of Rio de Janeiro. It is one of the most popular clubs in Brazil, with more than 23 million supporters. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Vasco is mostly known for its football team. It plays in the Campeonato Carioca, the state of Rio de Janeiro's premier state league and in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football league system.
Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, better known simply as Edmundo, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a forward.
José Roberto Gama de Oliveira, known as Bebeto, is a Brazilian former professional football player who played as a forward. He entered politics in the 2010 Brazilian General Elections and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro representing the Democratic Labour Party.
The Bermudian Premier Division is the highest level of professional football in Bermuda.
Vasco da Gama was a famous Portuguese explorer.
Carlos Roberto de Oliveira, known as Roberto Dinamite is a Brazilian former footballer and politician. He was born in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state. With a career as centre forward spanning over twenty years, Roberto is Vasco da Gama's player with the most appearances and all-time top-scorer, as well as the overall leading scorer in the Brazilian Série A. At the national level, Roberto Dinamite played in the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups and the 1972 Olympic Games. He was president of Vasco da Gama from 2008 to 2014.
Milton Queiroz da Paixão, simply known as Tita, is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Brazilian national team and played for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs. After retiring, he started a managerial career.
Vasco da Gama was a South African football club based in the Parow suburb of the city of Cape Town that played in the National First Division. Coming from the lower ranks, the club had its roots entrenched in the local Portuguese South African community, and adopted its name and team colours from the Brazilian club Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama.
Maccabee Athletic Club was an American Athletic Club based in Los Angeles, California. The primary activity of the club was Maccabee Los Angeles Soccer Club the team competed professionally in the Greater Los Angeles Soccer League, the CONCACAF Champions League, including appearing in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup final seven times in their eleven-year history most notably becoming only one of two teams along with Bethlehem Steel to win the competition five times.
Acácio Cordeiro Barreto, best known as Acácio, is a Brazilian former football (soccer) player, who played as a goalkeeper, best known for his performances for Vasco da Gama. He was born in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro State.
Efraín or Yeprem "Chico" Chacurian was an Argentine-American soccer forward. He earned four caps, scoring one goal, as a member of the U.S. national team in 1953 and 1954. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1992.
The 1992 United States Open Cup was the 79th edition of the soccer tournament to crown the national champion of the United States.
Agenor Muniz is a former footballer. Originally from CR Vasco da Gama in the Brazilian metropolis Rio de Janeiro, in 1971 he joined Eastern Suburbs Hakoah, later well known as Sydney City in Australia, where he won several titles. To date he remains the sole Brazilian to ever play for the Australian national football team in an official match.
Moacyr Siqueira de Queiroz was a Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national football team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup finals.
The Taça da Prefeitura do Distrito Federal, commonly also Torneio Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, was a tournament for clubs of the then capital of Brazil Rio de Janeiro which was held for the first time in 1938 and which took place annually from 1943 to 1948. The last edition was in 1951. In 1996 the competition was revived for one more time as Taça Cidade Maravilhosa, the "Cup of the Marvellous City", after the byname of Rio de Janeiro. The importance of the tournament is subordinate and it always remained in the shadow of the state championship known as Campeonato Carioca.
The 1978 National Challenge Cup was the 65th edition of the USSF's annual open soccer championship. Teams from the North American Soccer League declined to participate. Maccabee Los Angeles of Los Angeles defeated the Bridgeport Vasco da Gama of Bridgeport, Connecticut in the final game. The score was 2–0.
Leszek Wrona is a retired Polish association football defender who played professionally in Poland, Germany and the United States. After his retirement, he remained in the United States where he coached in the USISL and USL PDL.
Marisa Pires Nogueira, commonly known as Marisa, is a Brazilian footballer who played as a defender for the Brazil women's national football team.
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama Basquete, or C.R. Vasco da Gama Basquete, is a Brazilian men's professional basketball club that is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a part of the multi-sports club C.R. Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama Basquete was founded on May 11, 1920.