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Jan. 16, 1927 – Brooklyn Wanderers 1:3 Boston SC, Hawthorne Park (Att.: 2,000)

January 16, 2019 by frankdellapa@gmail.com

Boston SC’s Doherty scores on 60-yard header, shot “bounced over [Brooklyn goalkeeper Lajos] Fischer] into the net …” Johnny Doherty, a native of Quincy, Mass., scored two goals in 11 games during the 1926-27 ASL season. Goals: Nilsen, Doherty, J. Ballantyne; Eisenhoffer.

Fall River Marksmen 3:2 Philadelphia

“The game was played on a field which was a sheet of ice.” Goals: Kelly, Paterson, Drummond; Crilley, McClure. Note: Philadelphia’s Pearce saved McPherson PK.

Jan. 16, 1916 – Crompton (R.I.) 0:2 Bridgeport City, National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) third round [Read more…] about Jan. 16, 1927 – Brooklyn Wanderers 1:3 Boston SC, Hawthorne Park (Att.: 2,000)

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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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