Nov. 30, 1889 – Fall River Rovers 2:0 New Jersey State League XI, Interstate Championship (Att.: 1,500)
The Fall River Rovers had apparently established a reputation for attacking on the wings, according to the Boston Globe: “… the Rovers made one of their old-time bursts and forced the ball past the wings of their opponents, through the fullbacks to the mouth of the goal, where a grand scrimmage took place. In the […]
Nov. 29, 1923 – Yale 4:1 Haverford, first soccer game at Yale Bowl (Att.: 3,000)
Yale (4W-1L-4D) clinched second place in the Intercollegiate League in the Yale Bowl’s first soccer match. “Wallace kicked the first goal on a pretty pass from Lamberti and Ferry, followed this up on a goal from scrimmage in front of Haverford’s cage.”
Nov. 28, 1929 – Lusitania Recreation 0:1 Providence Clamdiggers, Blake Field, East Cambridge, Mass.
Lusitania Recreation, an amateur club competing in the Massachusetts State League, had offered to replace Boston in the Atlantic Coast Soccer League. Providence had been scheduled to visit Boston in an ACSL game, but the Wonder Workers disbanded in a dispute over the rights to Dave McEachran. “Manager Sam Fletcher of the Providence team brought […]
Nov. 27, 1929 – Boston Wonder Workers disband
A dispute over the status of outside left Dave McEachern, who had been “award(ed)” to the New Bedford Whalers caused the Wonder Workers to cease competing in the Atlantic Coast Soccer League. Boston manager “McDonald stated he would play no more games unless given a square deal.”
Nov. 26, 1925 – Boston Wonder Workers 2:4 J&P Coats, Thanksgiving Day game, Walpole St. Grounds
“Few of the Woodsies [Wonder Workers] showed any aggressive soccer … What is the trouble with these holiday games?” Goals: Blair, McNab; Adams 2, McGrain, McAvoy. Note: J. Ballantyne (Boston) missed PK.
Nov. 25 1930 – Reigning Bay State League champion Lynn Riversides league leaders
Most of the Riversides’ players grew up on River St. in Lynn, Mass., and played at the “old” Cooper St. Ground in West Lynn, “which has been an incubator for soccer players … These boys have made it perfectly plain that soccer can be played just as successfully by the lads born here as those […]