Jan. 25, 1942 – Eusebio da Silva Ferreira born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
Eusebio had a strong New England connection, partly because of the region’s Portuguese population. Eusebio probably could have had success in the Boston area similar to Pelé’s in New York, but circumstances worked against him. The first soccer game at Foxboro Stadium matched Eusebio’s SL Benfica against Sporting CP on June 16, 1972. Eusebio did […]
Jan. 24, 2008 – Revolution draft Dube, Chris Tierney; lose Noonan to Norway
Two excellent pickups for the Revolution, the day after losing Pat Noonan to Aalesund FK. Dube totaled 14 goals in 72 regular-season games, 18th on the Revolution scoring list. Tierney’s 214 regular-season matches rank him No. 4 on the team list. But the Revolution were unable to compensate for the loss of players such as […]
Jan. 23, 1926 – New Bedford Whalers 2×3 Boston Wonder Workers
Jan. 23, 1926 – New Bedford Whalers 2×3 Boston Wonder Workers Boston moved into second place in the ASL as Johnny Ballantyne, Bobby Blair, Bill Westwater score. Blair went on to total 36 goals in 33 games. Stevens and Mike McLeavy converted for the Whalers, Stevens going on to lead the league with 44 goals […]
Jan. 22, 2010 – Revolution acquire Burpo and Gibbs, lose Larentowicz
Jan. 22, 2010 – Revolution acquire Preston Burpo and Cory Gibbs from Colorado in exchange for Jeff Larentowicz and Wells Thompson This deal was set up after Larentowicz decided to play out his contract. And it did not work out well for the Revolution. Larentowicz had proven to be a fundamental piece of the Revolution […]
Jan. 21, 2005 – Revolution acquire goalkeeper Doug Warren from D.C. United
Jan. 21, 2005 – New England Revolution acquire goalkeeper Doug Warren from D.C. United in exchange for a draft choice; sign Joe Franchino, Marshall Leonard, Steve Ralston, Matt Reis The Revolution took care of business in the off-season and got off to their best start ever in ’05. The Revolution had perfected the art of […]
Jan. 20, 2007 – Clint Dempsey makes Premier League debut
Jan. 20, 2007 – Clint Dempsey makes Premier League debut as 83rd-minute substitute for Moritz Volz. Fulham 1×1 Tottenham Dempsey’s stated goal was to move on from MLS to a career in Europe and, after three seasons with the Revolution, he made the move on Jan. 11, 2007. Nine days later, Dempsey was in the […]