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Jan. 11, 2002 – Revolution transformed by Dispersal Draft

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Jan. 11, 2002 – Revolution acquire Mamadou Diallo, Carlos Llamosa, Steve Ralston, Jim Rooney, Alex Pineda Chacon, Shaker Asad in MLS Dispersal Draft

The New England Revolution transformed themselves over a one-month span in 2002.

On Jan. 8, 2002, the league announced the elimination of the Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny. That set up the Revolution for a bonanza as they had three of the first six picks in the dispersal draft. [Read more…] about Jan. 11, 2002 – Revolution transformed by Dispersal Draft

Jan. 10, 2007 – Clint Dempsey granted work permit by UK Home Office

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Jan. 10, 2007 – Clint Dempsey granted work permit by UK Home Office

The Revolution collected 62 percent of Dempsey’s transfer fee, and put the money to use to start its academy. This deal also seemed fated to be the first of many moves involving Revolution players. Shalrie Joseph was being recruited by Celtic. Taylor Twellman would receive offers, the best a $3.5 million deal from Preston North End. [Read more…] about Jan. 10, 2007 – Clint Dempsey granted work permit by UK Home Office

Jan. 9, 2014 – Revolution acquire Charlie Davies from Randers on free transfer

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Jan. 9, 2014 – Revolution acquire Charlie Davies from Randers on free transfer

Charlie Davies always wanted to play for his hometown team, but it took seven years and five transfers before his wish came true. Davies joined the Revolution on loan from Randers FC in August 2013, the move made permanent after the season.

Davies then helped spark a Revolution run to the 2014 MLS Cup final. Davies set a team post-season record with four goals in five games as the Revolution eliminated the Columbus Crew and New York Red Bulls on the way to the final, a 2-1 extra time loss to the LA Galaxy. [Read more…] about Jan. 9, 2014 – Revolution acquire Charlie Davies from Randers on free transfer

Jan. 8, 1933 – Pawtucket Rangers 8×2 Victoria Mills

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Jan. 8, 1933 – Pawtucket Rangers 8×2 Victoria Mills. U.S. Open Cup match in Providence.

Walter Dick and Bob McIntyre convert hat tricks in a “National Cup round robin game.” McIntyre scored “three goals in succession in the first half and added another in the second, while Dick performed the same stunt by scoring three times,” according to Boston Globe 1/9/33 editions. The Rangers team would go on to the U.S. Open Cup final in 1934 (loss to Stix, Baer & Fuller) and ’35 (loss to Central Breweries). Three Rangers would play for the U.S. in the 1934 World Cup: Dick, Ed Czerkewicz and Tommy Florie, who captained the U.S. national team in the 1930 World Cup, performing alongside the Rangers’ Andy Auld. [Read more…] about Jan. 8, 1933 – Pawtucket Rangers 8×2 Victoria Mills

Jan. 7, 1922 – Philadelphia FC 3×1 J&P Coats at Phillies Ball Park.

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Jan. 7, 1922 – Philadelphia Field Club 3×1 J&P Coats. ASL match at Phillies Ball Park.

Tommy “Whitey” Fleming equalized with a first-half penalty kick and Dugald “Dougie” Campbell scored twice in the second half for the “Phillies,” the Bethlehem Steel team that was playing home games in Philadelphia’s baseball stadium in the 1921-22 ASL season. The Bethlehem Globe editions of 1/9/22: “Tripping gave Whitey Fleming a free chance in front of the net and he made good by driving the ball squarely between the uprights, over the head of Knowles.” Campbell, born in Paisley, Scotland, won three ASL titles (1923-24, 1924-25 and 1925-26) and two U.S. Open Cups (1924 and ’27) with the Fall River Marksmen. [Read more…] about Jan. 7, 1922 – Philadelphia FC 3×1 J&P Coats at Phillies Ball Park.

Jan. 6, 1923 – Quincy’s Tommy “Whitey” Fleming scores for J&P Coats

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Jan. 6, 1923 – Bethlehem Steel 1×1 J&P Coats – duel between ASL’s top two scorers

Tommy “Whitey” Fleming (22 goals) scores for Coats, a Daniel McNiven (28 goals) penalty kick equalizing late in the opening half. According to the 1/7/23 editions of The Boston Globe: Fleming capitalized on a failed clearance and “drove the ball into the net with (Findlay) Kerr having no chance to save.” Fleming “one of the outstanding wingers of his day,” according to Colin Jose’s The American Soccer League: The Golden Years of American Soccer, was 17 years old when he arrived from Ayshire to play for the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy (clubhouse and playing field still standing, btw). [Read more…] about Jan. 6, 1923 – Quincy’s Tommy “Whitey” Fleming scores for J&P Coats

Jan. 5, 2014 – Benfica great Eusebio dies in Lisbon

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Jan. 5, 2014 – Eusebio da Silva Ferreira dies in Lisbon

Eusebio da Silva Ferreira concluded his Benfica career and moved to the NASL to play for the Boston Minutemen in 1975, the year Pelé joined the New York Cosmos. The Eusebio-Pelé rivalry played out early in the season when the teams met at Nickerson Field June 20, 1975, the Minutemen winning, 2-1. Pelé left the game after his goal was ruled offside, the oversold crowd (estimated at 20,000-plus) storming the field, the result later annulled by NASL commissioner Phil Woosnam. Minutemen owner John Sterge was experiencing financial difficulties and facing Securities and Exchange Commission charges, so he sent Eusebio and Wolfgang Suhnholz to Toronto, where they won the 1976 Soccer Bowl title. [Read more…] about Jan. 5, 2014 – Benfica great Eusebio dies in Lisbon

Jan. 4, 1996 – Frank Stapleton named Revolution’s first coach

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Jan. 4, 1996 – Frank Stapleton named Revolution’s first coach.

The Revolution were the last MLS team to choose a coach before the inaugural season. And Stapleton was their final interview, after Osvaldo Ardiles and Brian Quinn. Ardiles had an opportunity in Japan, so would not have come cheaply. [Read more…] about Jan. 4, 1996 – Frank Stapleton named Revolution’s first coach

Jan. 3, 2003 – Revolution acquire Peter Nowak from Chicago Fire

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Jan. 3, 2003 – Revolution acquire Peter Nowak from Chicago in exchange for draft pick. Nowak, 38, retires before the season starts.

Here is my story for the Boston Globe. The Revolution had reached the 2002 MLS Cup final and were about to add Shalrie Joseph, Pat Noonan and Matt Reis for the ’03 season. Nowak seemed ready to go. [Read more…] about Jan. 3, 2003 – Revolution acquire Peter Nowak from Chicago Fire

Jan. 2, 1939 – Joe Kennaway’s final Old Firm Derby. Rangers 2×1 Celtic.

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Jan. 2, 1939 – Joe Kennaway in goal for his final Old Firm Derby. Rangers 2×1 Celtic. Kennaway gained Celtic’s attention while playing for Fall River and was signed after John Thomson’s death in 1931, going on to make 263 appearances, plus one for Scotland’s national team. Kennaway coached Brown University from 1946-59.