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 […]
Nov. 24, 1927 – J&P Coats 3:0 Boston Wonder Workers, Thanksgiving Day ASL game, Pawtucket, R.I.
“Arnold Oliver, youthful inside man for the Threadmen, broke the ice just two minutes before the end of the first half, when he headed a cross from Pete Sweeney into the net” as J&P Coats blanked the Boston Wonder Workers. “… the Threadmen completely avenged the 2-to-0 setback administered by the Hub eleven Columbus Day.”
Nov. 23, 2014 – New York Red Bulls 1:2 Revolution, Red Bull Arena (Att.: 25,000)
The Revolution moved within a game of advancing to the MLS Cup final for the first time since 2007. Teal Bunbury opened the scoring and Jermaine Jones converted with a spectacular late-game run to provide what turned out to be the deciding goal in the series.
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’ […]