Werner Mata

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Warner Mata is a former U.S. soccer midfielder who earned seven caps with the U.S. national team between 1969 and 1973. He is listed as Walner Mata in some sources. [1]

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National team

Mata's first two caps came in losses to Haiti in April and May 1969. [2] His last game was a 4-0 loss to Poland on March 20, 1973. [3]

Club career

In the mid-1960s, Mata played for Orange County Soccer Club. He scored a goal in both a 1966 National Challenge Cup quarterfinal and semifinal games as Orange County went to the championship game. [4] [5] He then moved to the Los Angeles Kickers in the fall of 1966.

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