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- ↑ "'Healthy Neto, New Acquisitions Strengthen Lineup of Americans", Asbury Park Press , June 30, 1977. Accessed April 14, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Center forward Rubin Cantera and goalkeeper Mike Barca have been added to the roster.... Barca played under Schellscheidt with the North American Soccer League Hartford Bicentennials in 1975 and is a graduate of Newark East Side High School (where he played with current Americans Tino Dominguez and Telmo Pires) and Falrleigh Dickinson University (where he gained All-New Jersey-Pennsylvania-Delaware honors.)"
