Frankie "Shorty" Moniz ''(misspelled Muniz and Munitz)'' (September 26, 1911 – June 18, 2004) was an American

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player who spent six seasons in the American Soccer League and earned two

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with the U.S. national team. In 1935, Moniz signed with the

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in the American Soccer League. At some point he moved to the

Pawtucket Rangers J. & P. Coats was an American soccer club founded in 1900 as the team of the Pawtucket, Rhode Island branch of the J. & P. Coats threadmaking company of Paisley, Scotland (following a 1952 merger this firm became part of the Coats Group Coats ...

. In 1941, he left the ASL and joined the

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Ponta Delgada S.C. Ponta Delgada Soccer Club, also referred to as Fall River Ponta Delgada, was a United States soccer club, based in Fall River, Massachusetts. The club was formed by members of the city’s Portuguese community and shared its name with Ponta Del ...

which won the 1947

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and

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. Based on these result, the

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selected the club to act as the U.S. national team at the

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. As a result, Moniz earned two caps with the U.S. national team. In the first game, the U.S. 5-0 to

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and in the second, they lost 5–2 to

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. Moniz served in the

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during World War II and later owned a

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gas station. He was inducted into the New England Soccer Hall of Fame in 1984.

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1911 births 2004 deaths Soccer players from Fall River, Massachusetts Soccer players from Massachusetts American men's soccer players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Kearny Scots players Pawtucket Rangers players United States men's international soccer players Ponta Delgada S.C. players United States Army personnel of World War II Men's association football forwards American people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-forward-1910s-stub