Nov. 27, 1927 – Fall River Marksmen 0:1 Bethlehem Steel, Mark’s Stadium (Att.: 5,149)
Archie Stark scored one of his 49 goals (in 43 matches) of the 1927-28 ASL season as Bethlehem Steel blanked the Fall River Marksmen. Stark set a record with 67 regular-season goals for Bethlehem Steel in the 1924-25 season.
Nov. 26, 2013 – Revolution’s Jose Gonçalves named MLS Defender of the Year
The New England Revolution acquired Jose Gonçalves on loan from FC Sion, pairing him with A.J. Soares in central defense as the team returned to the playoffs after a three-year absence. But Soares departed after the Revolution reached the 2014 MLS Cup final, the team’s fortunes declining. Gonçalves was paired with five replacements for Soares […]
Nov. 25, 1906 – Massachusetts Football Association established
J.H. Fairfax-Lucy elected president of the Massachusetts FA during a meeting at the Continental Hotel. “The name decided upon was the Massachusetts football association. An entrance of $2.50 will be charged each club, but each league is required to pay $4.”
Nov. 24, 1969 – Harvard 1:0 (AET) Hartwick, NCAA Regional Championship (Att.: 4,000)
Harvard went on a strong run from 1969-71, advancing to two NCAA semifinal games. Goalkeeper Shep Messing, who had played at Nassau Community College and NYU, joined the Crimson from 1970-71. Messing played for the U.S. in the 1972 Olympic Games and performed for the Boston Minutemen in 1975 and ’76, in between stints with […]
Nov. 23, 1929 – Boston Wonder Workers 1:0 Hakoah at Brookline Town Field
Stevenson finished a first-half Campbell shot deflected by Lajos Fischer, a Hungarian international goalkeeper, as the Boston Wonder Workers played their final game of the season. Then, Boston’s Johnny Davison saved a Gruenfeld penalty kick after Hauesler was fouled by Tetlow. George Collins in The Boston Globe: “Boston’s pro soccer representatives shut out the great […]
Nov. 22, 2015 – Eusebio inducted into New England Soccer Hall of Fame
Eusebio da Silva Ferreira emerged on the international scene as Benfica won the 1961 and ’62 Champions Cup. Eusebio, born in Lourenço Marques (Maputo), Mozambique, won the Ballon D’Or as Europe’s top player in 1965 and led Portugal to a third-place finish in the 1966 World Cup.