The game was Tommy’s only appearance for the USMNT, while Archie (pictured above) would earn one more cap when he became the first USMNT player to record four goals in a match, coming in the 6-1 win vs. Canada on Nov. 8, 1925 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Rolf and Otto Decker (1953)
The Decker brothers had an incredible story long before they represented the USA. Born to Jewish parents in Germany during the 1930s, the brothers were sent to England as part of the Kindertransport in the months before the start of World War II. There, they both represented local clubs before reuniting with their mother in New York City in 1950.
Playing for Brooklyn Hakoah upon their arrival, the Deckers were called up for a 1953 friendly against England at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, and became the first pair of brothers to appear in the same match for the USMNT. Rolf started and went the distance, while Otto was the lone U.S. substitute, and scored two of the U.S. goals in the 6-3 defeat.
With his brace that day, Otto Decker became not only first substitute to score for the USMNT, but also the first to score multiple goals off the bench – a feat that wasn’t again achieved until Ade Coker did it in a World Cup qualifier against Netherlands Antilles on Oct. 6, 1984. To date, only eight USMNT players have scored multiple goals in a substitute appearance.
Otto’s historic substitute appearance was the lone one he made for the USMNT, while Rolf went on to earn four caps through 1955.
James and Russ Murphy (1957)
Both members of the powerhouse St. Louis Kutis side that won the 1957 National Challenge Cup (now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup), the Murphys represented the USA when U.S. Soccer decided to have Kutis double as the USMNT for two World Cup qualifiers against Canada in 1957.
The Murphy brothers started both matches – a 5-1 defeat in Toronto on June 22, 1957, before returning to St. Louis where the USA fell 3-2 on July 6, 1957.
