Oct. 23, 2016 – Revolution 3:0 Montreal Impact (Att.: 39,587)

Season finale attracts second-highest crowd for Revolution stand-alone regular-season game. Revolution finished tied for sixth place with Philadelphia, failing to qualify for the playoffs on goal differential. Goals: Fagundez, Agudelo, K. Kamara.

Oct. 23, 1908 – Boston Rovers FC “gave its first dance … in Odd Fellows’ Hall, Somerville … Master Robertson danced a Highland fling”

Committee included S. McLerie.

Oct. 23, 1926 – Boston SC 5:0 Indiana Flooring, Walpole St. Grounds

“… largest crowd of the season” as Indiana knocked out of first place. Goals: Blair (3), McNab, “Pim” Doherty. Note: Brown (Indiana GK) ejected.

J&P Coats 2:5 Newark Skeeters, Pawtucket, R.I.

Bethlehem Steel 5:0 Springfield Babes

Philadelphia FC 4:1 New Bedford Whalers

Oct. 23, 1930 – Hakoah All-Stars 0:3 (1:5 aggregate) Fall River Marksmen. Lewis Cup final, Polo Grounds (Att.: 2,500)

Fall River won both halves of the ASL season, plus the National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup), completing a triple. Goals: Billy Gonsalves 2, Arnie Oliver. Notes: Marksmen goalkeeper was future Boston Red Sox first baseman Johnny Reder; Gonsalves (b. Aug. 10, 1908 in Portsmouth, R.I.) and Oliver (b. May 22, 1907 in New Bedford, Mass.) members of the U.S. team that reached the semifinals of the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay.

Oct. 23, 2004 – Revolution 1:0 Columbus Crew, first-round MLS playoff game (Att.: 5,679)

Avery John scores only goal in his 85-game (all competitions) Revolution career.

Oct. 23, 2011 – Winston Griffiths, 33, dies in May Pen, Jamaica

Griffiths played 13 games (six starts) as Revolution won 2002 Eastern Conference championship. Hit crossbar in extra time, shortly before Carlos Ruiz’ 113^th-minute goal gave LA Galaxy 1-0 win in 2002 MLS Cup final at Gillette Stadium. Griffiths performed for the University of Rhode Island and competed for Jamaica in 1998 World Cup qualifying, the only time the Reggae Boyz advanced to the finals.

Oct. 23, 2012 – USWNT 2:2 Germany, East Hartford, Conn. (Att.: 18,870)

Chris Aduama photo

NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY