USA Pan American Games 1959 Retro Fotball Shirt

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USA Pan American Games 1959 Retro Fotball Shirt. Chicago hosted the Pan-American games of 1959 during August. As is frequently the case with such multi-sport tournaments, soccer was the most well attended of the sports, with several games drawing in excess of 30, 000 spectators. The U.S. put on an inspiring performance, garnering the bronze medal with a 4-2-0 record, behind gold medalist Argentina & runner-up Brazil. The US team, coached by James Reed, started off being thumped by Argentina 4-1 on August 23, but rebounded by defeating Haiti convincingly 7-2 a day later. This was followed by a surprising win over Brazil, 5-3, & a 5-0 shutout of Cuba on August 30. They wrapped up the schedule with a 4-2 win over Mexico & a 3-4 loss to Costa on 9/3. Although their opponents had not sent their strongest teams by a long shot, the performance was one of the US's better showings in a number of years, with strength both on offense & defense. Altogether the US scored 26 goals, led by Al Zerhusen with 10. This shirt is long sleeved & made from 100% cotton.