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Vasco da Gama

Vasco De Gama’s journey from Connecticut to 1978 US Open Cup Final as Pele’s opening act at Giants Stadium

July 30, 2022 by Owen Diana

Connecticut's Vasco da Gama: 1978 US Open Cup runner-up

The National Challenge Cup lived a separate existence from the glitz and glamour of the country’s top domestic league, the NASL, but the two did briefly cross paths on July 30, 1978.

Filed Under: Feature - History, Feature - Main, Feature Left - US Open Cup history, US Open Cup, US Open Cup Central, US Open Cup History Tagged With: 1978 US Open Cup, Maccabee AC, Vasco da Gama

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