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United States vs Yugoslavia international soccer match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 28 November 1956, 12:00 PM (UTC+10:00)
National teams, score:
United States
1-9
Yugoslavia
Competition:
XVI. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1956, Quarterfinal
Referee:
Maurice Swain, Wellington /
New Zealand
Attendance, venue:
5 292, Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
Goals:
1-5 (42') Al Zerhusen
USA soccer team lineup in match Nr.43
Head coach Jimmy Mills (Scotland)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Svend Engedal  
1
28
Danish-American SC, Los Angeles, California
Herman Wecke  
4
29
St Louis Kutis SC, St. Louis, Missouri
Bill Conterio  
1
26
Chicago Falcons, Chicago, Illinois
Harry Keough  
15
29
St Louis Kutis SC, St. Louis, Missouri
Jim Dorrian  
1
25
New York Danish, New York City, New York
Zenon Snylyk  Captain 
1
23
Rochester Ukrainian, Rochester, New York
Al Zerhusen  
1
24
Cincinnati Kolping, Cincinnati, Ohio
Ruben Mendoza  
3
25
St Louis Kutis SC, St. Louis, Missouri
Lloyd Monsen  
4
25
New York Hakoah, New York City, New York
Bill Looby  
6
25
St Louis Kutis SC, St. Louis, Missouri
Ed Murphy  
2
26
Chicago Slovaks, Berwyn, Illinois
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
United States
11
3.545
26.372
8
1
0
0
Historical data sources
Борба (Belgrade), №319, 29 Nov 1956; Univerzitetska biblioteka Svetozar Marković
Comments
United States vs Yugoslavia post-match head-to-head
Pct.
.000
GP
1
W
0
L
1
T
0
GF
1
GA
9
GF/GP
1.000
GA/GP
9.000
Av. attendance
5 292
Pct. - winning percentage, GP - games played, W - wins, L - losses, T - ties, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av. - average
United States national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Iceland vs United States 3-2
Reykjavík, Thursday 25 August 1955
Next match:
1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Mexico vs United States 6-0
Mexico City, Sunday 7 April 1957
Top United States goal scorers
1. Bill Looby (1954 - 1955) - 6 goals
2. Bert Patenaude (1930) - 6 goals
3. Aldo Donelli (1934) - 5 goals
4. Davey Brown (1925 - 1926) - 4 goals
5. Archie Stark (1925) - 4 goals
... Al Zerhusen (1956) - 1 goal
(correct as of November 28, 1956)
top United States goal scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 28 Nov 1956
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
United States 1-9 Yugoslavia
Goals: Zerhusen 42

United States: Engedal, Wecke, Conterio, Keough, Dorrian, Snylyk (c), Zerhusen, Mendoza, Monsen, Looby, Murphy. Managed by Mills (Scotland).

Att: 5 292,
Ref: Swain (New Zealand)

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