Jan. 11, 1931 – Fall River 1:1 New Bedford Whalers, National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) (Att.: 1,800)

A few months after playing for the U.S. in the 1930 World Cup, Billy Gonsalves and Bert Patenaude teamed up with Fall River against national team captain Tommy Florie of the New Bedford Whalers.

“Patenaude, usually an accurate kicker, threw away an easy opportunity in front of the goal with less than two minutes to play. He evaded the defense, drew the goalie from the cage and then booted wild.” (The Boston Globe)

Goals: Gonsalves; Florie.

Providence 1:1 Pawtucket, National Challenge Cup

            Rochester (N.Y.) Celtics 2:3 Fore River, National Challenge Cup

Jan. 11, 1929 – Boston SC owners hold “meeting … to which all fans are invited to express themselves on matters pertaining to soccer.”

Jan. 11, 1930 – Bethlehem Steel 1:1 Fall River Marksmen

Archie Stark opened the scoring. Fall River’s Billy Gonsalves equalized in the 87^th minute, then Marksmen goalkeeper Johnny Reder, a future Boston Red Sox first baseman, preserved the deadlock by deflecting a Stark shot off the bar.

“A speedy shot coming off the boot of Archie Stark, the ball grazing the fingers of the outstretched reach of the tall and rangy Reder, the visitors’ custodian, and slightly deflected upwards in its course to crash against the crossbar and drop to the feet of the goalie from where it was cleared, was the scant margin by which the Bethlehem soccer team was denied victory in the torrid scrap against Fall River on Saturday afternoon.” (Bethlehem Globes-Times)

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

Jan. 11, 2007 – Clint Dempsey transfers from Revolution to Fulham FC

Reported fee 3 million euros.

Jan. 11, 2011 – Revolution acquire French defender Didier Domi on free transfer from Olympiakos

Jan. 11, 2018 – Revolution sign French midfielder Wilfried Zahibo

NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY