Nov. 22, 1963 – Yale 2:3 Harvard, Varsity Soccer Field, New Haven

Christian Ohiri scored twice in his final game for Harvard (6-1-0, 12 points), which tied Brown for first place in the Ivy League standings, on the day of JFK’s assassination. Goals: Upton, Lambert; Ohiri 2, Akuffo.

Elizabethtown 5:0 Colby, NCAA regional tournament, Tufts Oval

Colby (10W-2L-1D) coached by John Winkin, who guided the White Mules’ baseball team and went on to extensive career coaching Maine’s baseball team.

Nov. 22, 1919 – Fore River 1:0 Chicopee Rovers, State Cup match, Quincy, Mass.

Goal: Kershaw.

United Shoe 2:1 Abbott Worsted, National Challenge Cup, Beverly, Mass.

St. Michael’s 3:0 Fairlawn Rovers, National Challenge Cup, Fall River, Mass.

Riverdale 1:2 Squantum, Brighton, Mass.

Boston Rovers 1:2 Sturtevants, Sullivan Sq.

Mead Morrison 1:1 Lynn Thistles, East Boston

“The Mead Morrisons of East Boston just missed getting into the hall of soccer fame …” (The Boston Globe)

Trimo 4:1 Irish-Americans, Marcella St., Roxbury, Mass.

“Trimo turned out in their new uniforms …”

General Electric 1:3 Fall River Rovers

Harvard 0:0 [aet] Yale, Soldiers Field

Penn 5:0 Dartmouth, Franklin Field

Nov. 22, 1987 – UMass 0:1 North Carolina, NCAA D1 women’s final, McGuirk Stadium (Att.: 6,000)

            Massasoit 1:0 [aet] Miami-Dade, NJCAA final at Mercer (N.J.)

Nov. 22, 2009 – Real Salt Lake 1:1 (5:4 PKs) LA Galaxy, MLS Cup, Qwest Field (Att.: 46,011)

Robbie Russell (Amherst, Mass.) converts deciding penalty kick.

Nov. 22, 2015 – Eusebio inducted in New England Soccer Hall of Fame

Eusebio da Silva Ferreira exploded on the international scene with Benfica in the early ‘60s. Eusebio, born in Lourenço Marques (Maputo), Mozambique, won the Ballon D’Or in 1965 and led Portugal to third place in the 1966 World Cup. Eusebio, who totaled 733 goals in 745 matches, made his New England debut as Benfica played to a 2-2 draw with Sporting in the first soccer match at Foxboro Stadium on July 16, 1972. Eusebio won one Champions Cup, 11 championships in Portugal, then moved to the Rhode Island Oceaneers of the ASL and Boston Minutemen of the NASL in 1975; Monterrey in Mexico; then to Toronto Metros-Croatia, winning the 1976 NASL Soccer Bowl; and concluding his NASL career with the Las Vegas Quicksilvers in 1977. A statue dedicated to Eusebio was unveiled at Estadio da Luz in Lisbon on Eusebio’s 50^th birthday (Jan. 25, 1992), the commissioned by Victor Baptista of Medford, Mass., and executed by BU-based sculptor Duker Bower. A copy stands at Lusitano Stadium in Ludlow, Mass. After Eusebio died on Jan. 5, 2014, three days of national mourning were declared in Portugal, and he became the only footballer interred at the Panteão Nacional (National Pantheon).

NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY