Fred Cameron (soccer)

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Fred Cameron is a former U.S. soccer player who earned six caps with the U.S. national team.

[edit] Club career

Cameron played for at least two amateur clubs, San Pedro McIlvaine Canvasbacks and the Los Angeles Kickers. McIlvaine won the 1959 U.S. Open Cup title with a 4-3 win over Fall River S.C.. Cameron scored two of McIlvaine’s goals.[1]

That year, Cameron was called into the U.S. national team where he was listed as playing for the Los Angeles Kickers Soccer Club.[2] That club won the 1958 Open Cup and were runner up in 1960, but published records do not note whether or not Cameron was part of those teams.

[edit] National team

Cameron played six times for the U.S. national team between 1959 and 1969.[3] His first cap came on May 28, 1959 in an 8-1 loss to England.[4] He did not play again for the U.S. until 1965, when he played all 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifying games. All four games took place in March and the U.S. went 1-1-2, failing to qualify for the finals. Cameron did not play again for the U.S. until a 2-0 loss in a 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Haiti on April 20, 1969.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Year in American Soccer - 1959
  2. ^ The History of the Rivalry Between England and the U.S.A
  3. ^ U.S. Men's National Team Player Registry: A - E
  4. ^ Where Are They Now ?
  5. ^ Men's National Team: 1960-79
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