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Orrie Banach

Feb. 17, 1968 – Boston Beacons sign 19-year-old goalkeeper Orest “Orrie” Banach

February 17, 2018 by frankdellapa@gmail.com

Orrie Banach, a Germany-born Ukrainian, grew up in Chicago and had played for Toronto Roma, then the Boston Tigers, before joining the Boston Beacons in the NASL. Banach earned four caps for the U.S. national team, all in World Cup qualifiers.

Feb. 17, 1923 – Clan Sutherland 4:2 Methuen at Commonwealth Armory

“Biggest Crowd of the (Indoor) Season”

Feb. 17, 1929 – Brooklyn Wanderers 4:4 Boston Wonder Workers at Hawthorne Field

Goals: Nehadoma 3, Lyell; Nilsen 3, H.B. Burness

Fall River 0:0 J&P Coats

New York Nationals 4:5 Providence Clam Diggers

Feb. 17, 1999 – AC Prato 1:1 Revolution, preseason game

Feb. 17, 2006 –Bermuda U20 1:8 Revolution

Clint Dempsey scores five goals in preseason game.

NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY

Filed Under: Soccer Tagged With: Boston Beacons, FIFA World Cup, NASL, North American Soccer League, Orrie Banach, Professional Soccer, U.S. Men's National Team, USMNT

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Frank Dell'Apa

Frank Dell’Apa began covering soccer in the days of the original NASL. He was the Boston Globe’s soccer columnist for nearly 23 years before being recruited to work for a start-up television network in Miami. In late 2014, he returned to Boston, where he is based as a freelance journalist. Dell’Apa has covered seven World Cups, MLS since the league started, and continues to be involved with the NASL as part of a New York Cosmos Podcast.

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