Alfonso Marina

Alfonso “Al” Marina was a U.S. soccer player who who spent his career in the American Soccer League, earned one cap with the U.S. national team, and was a member of the 1956 Olympic soccer team.

National and Olympic teams

Marina earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 3-2 loss to Iceland on August 25, 1955. ^{[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html]} Marina was then selected for the 1956 U.S. Olympic soccer team. The U.S. had a successful tour of Asia before the games, winning five and losing three. However, the games proved anti-climatic when the U.S. lost, 9-1, to Yugoslavia in the first round. ^{[http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1956.html]}