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Check out this Outside Write podcast with my friend James Brown @1930WorldCup, as he discusses the US team at the 1930 World Cup and his own personal connection and journey in researching that historic team that finished third.

USA 🇺🇸 >> Here the story of the US men's soccer team at the first @FIFAWorldCup

✅ First World Cup hat-trick
✅ Epic run to the semis

Download/listen to our podcast with @1930WorldCup here 👉https://t.co/LyxmpSM6D2#USA #history #uruguay pic.twitter.com/vyg8MQDsf9

— Outside Write ⚽️ (@outsidewrite) July 22, 2019

Podcast: USA at World Cup 1930

Fall River's Greatest & The 1930 World Cup

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When the United States team took part in the 1930 World Cup their squad contained two young players from Massachusetts club, Fall River Marksmen, Billy Gonsalves, and Bert Patenaude. They were instrumental in leading their country to the semi-final of the first ever World Cup. 

Bert Patenaude made history when he scored the first ever hattrick in the World Cup against Paraguay on 17th July 1930. Billy Gonsalves is considered one of the greatest players in American soccer history. Recently, I wrote a collaborative piece about the pair and their emergence on the soccer scene with the Marksmen and the role they played on that US team that finished third in Uruguay. I did this with the help of James Brown @1930WorldCup, whose grandfather, Jim Brown, played on that same US team in Montevideo, and this article appears on the club website of the Fall River Marksmen. 

Below you will find links to some of the sources used to write this piece entitled, Fall River's Greatest & The 1930 World Cup.

ICYMI check out the piece I co-wrote with @1930WorldCup about @FRMarksmen legends Billy Gonsalves & Bert Patenaude @soccerhof & the 1st #WorldCup with the @USMNT @USSoccerHistory @TomMcCabe5 @DrDKilpatrick https://t.co/AmYdWSAAuo

— World Cup 1930 Project (@WC1930blogger) May 18, 2019

After a lot of debate with Colin Jose and research, thanks to @USSoccerHistory, @SoccerHistoryUS and @WC1930blogger, here is @1930WorldCup #usmnt player Billy Gonsalves' birth record that came to me from Fall River County Clerk's office. @FRMarksmen
Born in Portsmouth, RI pic.twitter.com/8WXBQ4JNck

— 1930 US Soccer (@1930WorldCup) April 6, 2019

@soccermavn Billy Gonsalves profile, New York Evening Post, Feb. 16, 1931 pic.twitter.com/vUvZf4U69t

— World Cup 1930 Project (@WC1930blogger) July 17, 2017

324 East Main St., Fall River, Ma. was the 1st home of one @USMNT legend Bert #Patenaude, b. Nov. 4 1909, whose hattrick vs Paraguay @1930WorldCup was the 1st in World Cup history. At the time Bert lived 1.6 miles from teammate Billy Gonsalves, on 156 Central St. @SoccerHistoryU pic.twitter.com/VmLLsLbk3S

— World Cup 1930 Project (@WC1930blogger) March 24, 2019

How an irresponsible decision by a teenage Bert Patenaude changed his life and led him to write his name in history. On July 17th 1930, Patenaude scored the 1st ever hatrick in @FIFAWorldCup history in @ussoccer_mnt 3-0 victory over @Albirroja @1930WorldCup. Read short bio below. pic.twitter.com/0gPr3YHFyU

— World Cup 1930 Project (@WC1930blogger) January 18, 2019

In this scene from the Serbian movie/tv series Montevideo Vidimo se!, the filmmakers play with the historical narrative of Bert Patenaude's @1930WorldCup hattrick. According they have him scoring 3 vs Belgium and not Paraguay. @FRMarksmen @sp1873 @aleyamgo https://t.co/Skk4XquO1H

— World Cup 1930 Project (@WC1930blogger) April 17, 2019

So, because of a lack of promised pay from the Irish-Americans Club and followed suspension, Bert Patenaude, @USMNT and stellar hat-tricker from the @1930WorldCup, didn't get selected for the 1934 World Cup squad. @soccerhof @USSoccerHistory pic.twitter.com/uRNq0U5qZ0

— 1930 US Soccer (@1930WorldCup) May 3, 2019

Match Report - Argentina vs United States (English translation from El Heraldo de Madrid)

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On July 26th, Argentina beat the United States 6-1 to qualify for the first ever World Cup final. This translation of the match report appeared in the July 28th edition of El Heraldo de Madrid. Uruguay defeated in Yugoslavia in the other semi-final played on the 27th of July. 

The author of the dispatch is unknown but was a reporter (most likely a South American native) working for the cable news agency, the Associated Press. You can read the original report here.

Any suggestions to help improve this document are welcome which was translated via google.

On this day, 26 July 1930, ARG bt USA 6-1 in WC S/F. Press coverage El Ideal, Pittsburgh Press, La Critica, La Prensa. @1930WorldCup #WC1930 pic.twitter.com/Z6OY9cLU8s

— worldcup1930project (@WC1930blogger) July 26, 2017

URUGUAY AND ARGENTINA ARE CLASSIFIED FOR THE FINAL MONTEVIDEO. 
The semifinal of the world soccer championship has been played, corresponding to the Argentines and North Americans. They beat the first six against one.

MONTEVIDEO.-The soccer match played between the national teams of the Argentine Republic and the United States in the national stadium was attended by nearly 100,000 spectators, who occupied all the locations. Among the spectators was a large number of Argentines, who wave their national flag.

#WorldCup SemiFinal 1930, Argentina v USA, Guillermo Stabile vs USA goalkeeper Jim Douglas. #classicfootball #soccer pic.twitter.com/FPjMGpN3iy

— Hansa Soccer Academy (@HansaSoccer) March 1, 2014

In the first time the Argentines dominate almost completely, in such a way that in the first twenty minutes the game was developed within the North American line of defense, having the goalkeeper Douglas to intervene innumerable times, always with success. The Argentines managed in this first time to score a goal, work of Monti. The Argentine spectators welcomed this first goal with a big ovation, followed by all kinds of expressions of enthusiasm.

The Argentines demonstrated in this first half have greater agility and knowledge of the game than their opponents. They developed a game of short passes that completely disconcerted the Americans, unaware of this technique. 

Argentina 6 v. Estados Unidos 1. #Mundial 1930. 26/7/1930. https://t.co/PwMl0QOX2F pic.twitter.com/qlysHLhvFI

— Torito Casale (@viejocasale) July 30, 2016

In the second half the American defense was powerless to contain the impetuous attacks of the Argentine strikers, who acted more blended than in the first forty-five minutes. The Argentine players scored five goals at eleven, twenty-three, thirty-five, forty-forty-two minutes of play. These many were executed by the players Scopelli, Stabile and Peucelle. The fourth Argentine goal, made by Peucelle, was in fact, marked by the North American defender Wood who, when he tried to deflect the ball, introduced it into his own net. Six minutes before ending the match the American Storie managed to score the goal of honor, ending the game with the victory of the Argentines by six goals against one.

In this second half the Americans gave the impression of being completely confused by the technique used by the Argentines.

Argentina v USA 1930 World Cup semi-final.
Wait....USA got to a World Cup semi-final? pic.twitter.com/lh2JSYm66W

— The League Magazine (@Theleaguemag) June 4, 2013

''The year America won through to the semi-finals'' - Glasgow Herald, 2 June 1982 (Google newspapers)

This is an article from the Glasgow Herald, 2 June 1982, p7 (click on title), from google newspapers about the US teams journey to the World Cup semi-finals in the first World Cup and is based on the World Cup report written by the US team manager Wilfred R. Cummings that was submitted to the United States Football Association (USFA) in 1931.

1930 World Cup Semi-Final Argentina - USA (Joefa's World Cup History)

A youtube video from Joefa's World Cup History of the Semi-final match between Argentina and USA. Please go and subscribe, like and share.

Match Report from Brazil's A Batalha, 26 July 1930, p5.

Match report from Spain's El Heraldo de Madrid, 28 July 1930, p9