March 22, 1934 – RANGERS WIN N.E. SOCCER TITLE

The Worcester Rangers took a 2-1 win over Clan Robertsons of Dorchester in the New England amateur championship soccer game at Sullivan Square “before one of the largest crowds on the Charlestown ground this season,” according to the Boston Globe.

The Rangers qualified for a match against the New York/New Jersey/Pennsylvania winner in the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur Cup.

Rangers’ players also hoped to become candidates to be named to the U.S. national team for the 1924 Olympics in Paris, but then sustained an 8-0 loss to Fleischer Yarn of Philadelphia in Shawsheen Village April 5, 1924. Andy Straden, who would score for the U.S. in a 1-0 win over Estonia in the Olympic opener, totaled three goals for Fleischer Yarn.

TODAY IN NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY