Brooklyn, he scored eight goals in sixteen games. Brooklyn also won the National Challenge Cup in 1943 and 1944. In 1947, Gonsalves left Hispano to play for the Newark Germans of the lower division German American Soccer League. In 1948, the team became known simply as Newark F.C. Gonsalves remained with the team until his retirement from playing professionally in 1952. According to Steve Holroyd, in a professional career spanning twenty-five years, "Gonsalves was also the consummate gentleman on the pitch: legend has it he was never cautioned or ejected from any match for rough play or ungentlemanly conduct." National team Gonsalves played six times for the United States, including the first two FIFA World Cups in 1930 and 1934. He scored one goal for the U.S. national team. Gonsalves was part of the inaugural induction class into the United States National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1950. Notes References External links "Meet The Babe Ruth of American Soccer" by American soccer historian Steve Holroyd The National Soccer Hall of Fame player profile 1930 World Cup Personal memories of watching Gonsalves play United States men's international soccer players National Soccer Hall of Fame members National Soccer League of New York players American Soccer League (1921–1933) players Boston Wonder Workers players Fall River Marksmen players New York Yankees (soccer) players New Bedford Whalers players Fall River F.C. players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Kearny Scots players Brooklyn Hispano players German-American Soccer League players St. Louis Soccer League players Stix, Baer and Fuller F.C. players St. Louis Central Breweries players St. Louis Shamrocks players St. Louis South Side Radio players Chicago Manhattan Beer players People from Portsmouth, Rhode Island Sportspeople from Fall River, Massachusetts Soccer players from Rhode Island Soccer players from Massachusetts American people of Portuguese descent 1930 FIFA World Cup players 1934 FIFA World Cup players 1908 births 1977 deaths Association football forwards Association football defenders American soccer players