Oct. 28, 2006 – Revolution 2:1 (6:4), Chicago Fire (Att.: 9,372)

Revolution win MLS Eastern Conference semifinals on penalty kicks. The Fire won the opening leg, 1-0. Goals: Twellman, Noonan; Jaqua. Note: Jose Cancela’s final Revolution appearance.

Oct. 28, 2015 – D.C. United 2:1 Revolution, MLS playoffs, RFK Stadium (Att.: 11,554)

Goals: Pontius, Rolfe; Agudelo. Red-carded: Jones.

Oct. 28, 1928 – Fall River Marksmen 2:1 Philadelphia, Mark’s Stadium

“James Douglas, formerly goalie for Fall River, received an ovation for his work in the cage.” Goals: Bobby Blair 2; McClure.

Providence 2:0 Boston

Goals: Auld, Patterson.

Brooklyn 1:1 New Bedford, Ebbets Field

Goals: Lyell 86’; Stevens 26^’.

New York Nationals 2:1 J&P Coats

“Capt. Chatton out of the lineup at the last minute in consequence of an automobile injury in the morning.” Goals: Haddow, Leonard 44^’; Nelson 3^’.

Lusitania Recreation 5:0 Clan Sutherland, State Cup second round, Blake Field, Cambridge, Mass. (Att.: 3,000)

Newmarket (N.H.) 0:1 Victorias (Roxbury, Mass.), Bay State Soccer League

            Abbot AA 5:2 General Electrics (Lynn, Mass.), State series second round match, Westford, Mass.

Oct. 28, 1927 – Yale 5:1 Dartmouth

Yale improves to 4-0-0. Goals: Sleath 3, Everitt, Hersey; Woodbridge.

Oct. 28, 1918 – Women Coaches a Success in Soccer

“Women coaches are teaching soccer in some of the elementary schools now, owing to the scarcity of male instructors.”

Oct. 28, 1916 – J&P Coats 0:1 Fall River Rovers, Lonsdale Ave. Ground, Pawtucket, R.I.

U.S. national team captain Tommy Swords scored a 71^st-minute goal off a rebound of a Cullerton shot saved by Knowles. The Rovers would return to the Lonsdale Grounds to capture the 1917 National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup), a 1-0 victory over Bethlehem Steel. Swords, a Fall River native, captained the U.S. in its first international match, a visit to Sweden in August, 1916.

Chris Aduama photo

NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY