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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1930


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USA 1930 WORLD CUP THIRD PLACE
Standing: Bob Millar (Coach), Gallagher, Wood, Douglas, Moorhouse, Tracey and Auld.
Bended: Brown, Gonsalves, Patenaude, Florie and McGhee.




MANAGER: Wilfred CUMMINGS | COACH: Bob MILLAR


GOALKEEPER:

Jimmy DOUGLAS

DEFENDERS:

Alexander WOOD
George MOORHOUSE
Rafael TRACEY
Frank VAUGHN
James GENTLE

MIDFIELDERS:

Jimmy GALLAGHER
Andy AULD
Bill O'BRIEN
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John SLAVIN*
Philip SLONE
Arnie OLIVER
*

FORWARDS:

Jim BROWN
Billy GONSALVES
Bert PATENAUDE
Tom FLORIE
Bart McGHEE
Mike BOOKIE


*The Scottish-born midfielders William Shamus "Bill" O'Brien (New York Giants) and John Slavin (New York Nationals), originally included in the US team, were not registered in the official tournament list because they didn't have US citizenship at that time. Oliver was a late replacement for the aforementioned O'Brien who was tentatively included in the US squad travelling to Uruguay and finally dropped after he failed to produce a document proving his US citizenship.


2-3-5 FORMATION:

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GK DOUGLAS
CB WOOD
CB MOORHOUSE
DMF GALLAGHER
DMF TRACEY
DMF AULD
SS GONSALVES
SS FLORIE
RWF BROWN
LWF McGHEE
CF PATENAUDE


Captain: Tom Florie
Short Free Kick: -
Long Free Kick: -
Free Kick 2: -
Left Corner: Bart McGhee
Right Corner: Jim Brown
Penalty: Bert Patenaude


INFOS:

First round

The United States dominated the fourth group. The American team, which contained a significant number of new caps, were reputedly nicknamed "the shot-putters" by an unnamed source in the French contingent. They beat their first opponents, Belgium, 3–0. The ease of the victory was unexpected; Uruguayan newspaper Imparcial wrote that "the large score of the American victory has really surprised the experts". Belgian reports bemoaned the state of the pitch and refereeing decisions, claiming that the second goal was offside. The group's second match, played in windy conditions, witnessed the first tournament hat-trick, scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States against Paraguay. Until 10 November 2006, the first hat-trick that FIFA acknowledged had been scored by Guillermo Stábile of Argentina, two days after Patenaude; however, in 2006 FIFA announced that Patenaude's claim to being the first hat-trick scorer was valid, as a goal previously assigned to teammate Tom Florie was reattributed to Patenaude.With the United States having secured qualification, the final match in the group was a dead rubber. Paraguay beat Belgium by a 1–0 margin.

Semi-finals

The four group winners, Argentina, Yugoslavia, Uruguay and the United States, moved to the semi-finals. The two semi-final matches saw identical scores. The first semi-final was played between the USA and Argentina on a rain-drenched pitch. The United States team, which featured six British-born players, lost midfielder Raphael Tracy after ten minutes to a broken leg as the match became violent. A Monti goal halfway through the first half gave Argentina a 1–0 half-time lead. In the second half the strength of the United States team was overwhelmed by the pace of the Argentinian attacks, the match finishing 6–1 to Argentina .

Third and fourth place

The now-traditional third place playoff was not established until 1934, so the format of the 1930 World Cup is unique in not distinguishing between the third and fourth placed teams. Occasional sources, notably a FIFA Bulletin from 1984, incorrectly imply that a third-place match occurred and was won 3–1 by Yugoslavia. Accounts differ as to whether a third-place match was originally scheduled. According to a 2009 book by Hyder Jawad, Yugoslavia refused to play a third-place match because they were upset with the refereeing in their semi-final against Uruguay.
At the end of the championship, the captains of the team USA (Tom Florie), and Yugoslavia (Blagoje Marjanović), have both received bronze medals. Yet, FIFA technical committee report on the 1986 World Cup included full retrospective rankings of all teams at all previous World Cup finals; this report ranked the United States third and Yugoslavia fourth, a practice since continued by FIFA. In 2010, the son of Kosta Hadži, the chief of Yugoslav delegation at the 1930 World Cup and the vice-president of the Football Association of Yugoslavia at the time, claimed that Yugoslavia, as a team, has been awarded one bronze medal, which has been kept by Hadži himself and his family for the following 80 years. According to this source, Yugoslavia was placed third because of the semi-finals loss to the eventual champions, Uruguay. The origin and authenticity of this medal have not yet been officially recognized.


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