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{{Short description|American soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = John Traina
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| full_name = John Peter Traina<ref>{{WorldFootball.net}}</ref>
| birth_date =
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| position = [[defender (association football)|Defense]]
| youthyears1 = 1948–1951
| youthclubs1 = SECO Boys Club
| years1 = 1951–1955
| clubs1 = [[St. Louis Simpkins-Ford]]
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| years2 = 1955–1958
| clubs2 = Paterson Ford
| years3 = 1958–1960
| clubs3 = [[St. Louis Kutis S.C.]]
| nationalyears1 = 1957–1961
| nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[football (soccer)]]}}
{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1959 Pan American Games|1959 Chicago]]|[[Football at the 1959 Pan American Games|Team competition]]}}
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'''John Peter Traina''' is a retired American [[soccer]] player who spent most of his career playing in the [[St. Louis, Missouri]] leagues from 1950 to 1960. Traina earned five [[cap (sports)|caps]] with the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]]. He was inducted into the St Louis Hall Of fame in 1983, together with his brother Peter.
==Club career==
During his career, Traina played either [[defender (football)|defense]] or [[midfielder|defensive midfielder]]. Growing up in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], Traina joined the SECO Boys Club. In 1951, SECO won the National Youth Challenge Cup, also known as the McGuire Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/juniorcups.html |title=National Junior Challenge Cups<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031081701/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/juniorcups.html |archive-date=2007-10-31 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  In 1951, he also signed with [[St. Louis Simpkins-Ford]] of the St. Louis Major League (SLML). The SLML folded at the end of the 1952–1953 season and Simpkins moved to the St. Louis Municipal League for the 1953–1954 season. They then moved to the newly established Khoury League for the 1955 season. Simpkins won the league title in 1955. In 1955, Traina and his teammates went to the semifinals of the [[National Challenge Cup]]. Following the National Cup, he signed with Patterson Ford where he played from 1956 to 1958. That year, he moved one last time, this time to his last club, [[St. Louis Kutis S.C.|St. Louis Kutis]]. In 1960, he played his last season, winning the league and [[National Amateur Cup]] titles.<ref>[http://eteamz.active.com/stlsoccerhalloffame/board/index.cfm?season=&sport=5&id=6579006 St. Louis Soccer HOF: The Executive Board<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==National team==
Traina earned his first [[cap (sports)|cap]] with the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]] in a 6–0 loss to [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] in an April 7, 1957 World Cup qualifier. He next played two years later, an 8–1 loss to [[England national football team|England]] on May 28, 1959. In November 1960, he played in two World Cup qualifiers, a 3–3 tie and a 3–0 loss, both to Mexico. His last game came in a 2–0 loss to [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] on February 5, 1961. He started, but came off for [[Ed Murphy (soccer)|Ed Murphy]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113210650/http://rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html |date=2010-01-13 }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160123215106/http://national.soccerhall.org/Election%20Process/2007/Veteran_Bios.htm National Soccer Hall of Fame eligibility bio]
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[[Category:American men's soccer players]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Soccer players from St. Louis]]
[[Category:St. Louis Kutis S.C. players]]
[[Category:St. Louis Simpkins-Ford players]]
[[Category:United States men's international soccer players]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1959 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games]]
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[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in football]]