Carlos Scott is a retired Bolivian-American soccer

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who spent two seasons in the North American Soccer League, one in the Major Indoor Soccer League and earned one

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with the U.S. national team. Scott attended

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, where he starred on the men's soccer team in the early 1970s. He played in fourteen games over two years with the

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in the North American Soccer League in 1974 and 1975. He wore number ten, but gave it up to

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when he signed with the Cosmos. Scott earned his one cap with the national team in a 3-1 loss to Costa Rica on August 19, 1975.USMNT: 1960-1979
He played one game for the

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during the 1979-1980 Major Indoor Soccer League season.

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1952 births Living people Footballers from La Paz Adelphi Panthers men's soccer players American soccer players Bolivian emigrants to the United States Hartford Hellions players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players New York Cosmos players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players United States men's international soccer players Association football midfielders {{US-footy-midfielder-stub