Fall River Marksmen teammates Billy Gonsalves and Bert Patenaude provided the U.S. goals against Brazil in a post-1930 World Cup match. Patenaude led the team with 10 goals (plus eight goals disallowed), all scored in seven games during the World Cup and post-WC tour. [Read more…] about Aug. 17, 1930 – Brazil 4:3 U.S., Estadio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro (Att.: 16,500)
Bertrand Arthur Patenaude’s goals (10’, 15’, 50’) led the U.S. to the semifinals of the inaugural World Cup. Patenaude, 20, was the youngest player on the U.S. roster, and ended up third in scoring with four goals in the World Cup. [Read more…] about July 17, 1930 – Bert Patenaude first World Cup hat trick. U.S. 3:0 Paraguay, Parque Central, Montevideo (Att.: 18,306)
Billy Gonsalves, Alex McNab and Bert Patenaude led the way for St. Louis Central Breweries in the National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) final. [Read more…] about May 12, 1935 – St. Louis Central Breweries 1:3 [7:6] Pawtucket Rangers, U.S. Open Cup final at Newark School Stadium (Att.: 3,000)
Bert Patenaude (b. Nov. 4, 1909) scored 13 goals, Billy Gonsalves (b. Aug. 10, 1908) added 9 in the Fall River Marksmen Cup campaign. Patenaude and Gonsalves, who had teamed to help the U.S. to the semifinals of the 1930 World Cup, grew up in Fall River, Mass., and could have been expected to lead the U.S. national for years to come. [Read more…] about April 5, 1931 – Bert Patenaude scores five goals in U.S. Open Cup final
Fall River FC wins first of four U.S. Open Cup titles. Fall River also won double – ASL championship (virtually clinching the title with six games remaining in the season on April 6, 1924) and U.S. Open Cup. The Boston Globe account of the game listed a crowd of 15,000. Goals: Tom Harris (PK), Joe McCarthy; Fred Morley 2, Johnny Reid, Harold Brittan. [Read more…] about March 30, 1924 –Vesper Buick (St. Louis) 2:4 Fall River FC, National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) final at High School Field (Att.: 14,000)
This Fall River-Bethlehem Steel U.S. Open Cup match at the Polo Grounds “was one of the greatest games ever seen here,” according to the Boston Globe report. Attendance announced at 15,000, including 3,000 arriving from New England (the New York Giants averaged less than 12,000 attendance in both the 1929 and ’30 National League baseball seasons at the Polo Grounds).
Fall River products Bert Patenaude (Marksmen) and Freddie Wall (Philadelphia) scored twice as the Fall River Marksmen edged Philadelphia. Scottish inside forward Johnny Grainger converted the Marksmen’s other goal. Patenaude, 19, would go on to complete the first hat trick in World Cup history in 1930 in Uruguay. Wall performed for Philadelphia and other teams in the ASL and other leagues.
[Read more…] about March 10, 1929 – Fall River Marksmen 3:2 Philadelphia
Bert Patenaude scores both Fall River goals past Kennaway. Scheduled opponent, Velez Sarsfield, delayed by “railway mishap in Texas … en route to the East.” Velez, a team that included players from Argentina’s 1930 World Cup team that defeated the U.S., 6-1, in the semifinals, arrived for a Feb. 22, 1931 match. Both goalkeepers — Joe Kennaway (Celtic FC) and Johnny Reder (first baseman for the Boston Red Sox) — would change teams in 1932. Jeremiah Best scored twice and Watson one goal for the All-Stars.
Feb. 15, 1925 – Fall River 3:0 J&P Coats. Lewis Cup game at Mark’s Stadium (Att.: 12,000)
“… all hopes of a record-breaking crowd for a soccer game in this country were dashed with the heavy rain that fell just before game time in Tiverton.”
According to The Boston Globe: “Boston’s 2-0 victory (over the New York Giants) means three teams out of the four remaining in this professional Cup series, making clearer the argument that New England teams are the game’s best supports (sic) from both a playing and financial point of view.”
New York Giants 0:2 Boston Wonder Workers, Lewis Cup match (Att.: 1,500)
Goals: Stevens, Fleming. Note: Battles hits bar early
Feb. 15, 2011 – Revolution sign Argentinian defender Franco Coria
NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY
The “American” scorers included James Brown, Billy Gonsalves and Bert Patenaude, who helped the U.S. reach the semifinals of the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay. Also scoring were Carroll and O’Brien. The “European” goals were converted by Grenfeld and Carlson. [Read more…] about Feb. 12, 1931 – Americans 5:2 Europeans, Charity match “for the unemployed” at Hawthorne Field, Brooklyn
Bert Patenaude hat trick for New York Giants, Jim Brown scored for Newark Americans in a National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) match. Patenaude, born in Fall River in 1909, was 20 years old when he led the U.S. in scoring in the 1930 World Cup (first hat trick in the competition) and Brown was 21 (he scored in the semifinals). Neither Patenaude (playing in Philadelphia) nor Brown (Manchester United) were selected for the 1934 World Cup. [Read more…] about Feb. 7, 1932 – New York Giants 6:1 Newark Americans, National Challenge Cup Eastern semifinals, Polo Grounds (Att.: 3,000)