Bridgeport Vasco da Gama is an American soccer club founded in the 1940s and based in

Bridgeport, Connecticut Bridgeport is the List of municipalities in Connecticut, most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut and the List of cities in New England by population, fifth-most populous city in New England, with a population of 148,654 in 2020. Loc ...

. The club plays in the Connecticut Soccer League. The team is notable for making the finals of the 1978 National Challenge Cup and

1992 U.S. Open Cup The 1992 United States Open Cup was the 79th edition of the soccer tournament to crown the national champion of the United States. The San Jose Oaks (SFDML) won the cup 2–1 against Bridgeport Vasco da Gama, Vasco da Gama (LISA) of Bridgeport, ...

. They lost the 1978 final to

Maccabi Los Angeles Maccabee Athletic Club (, MAH-KAH-Bee) was an American athletic club based in Los Angeles, California. The primary activity of the club was Maccabee Los Angeles Soccer Club, a team which competed professionally in the Greater Los Angeles Soccer ...

, and the 1992 final to the

San Jose Oaks The San Jose Oaks are a semi-professional soccer club from San Jose, California with affiliations to the California Soccer Association and the United States Soccer Federation, USSF. History The Oaks were founded in 1974 as an amateur side. The t ...

Head coaches

Efrain Chacurian Efraín or Yeprem "Chico" Chacurian (February 22, 1924 – February 15, 2019) was an Argentine-American soccer forward. He earned four caps, scoring one goal, as a member of the U.S. national team in 1953 and 1954. He was inducted into the Nat ...

(1974-1980) * {{flagicon, POL Leszek Wrona (1993-1994)

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