David Beckham’s presence – on the Galaxy bench – attracted the largest Gillette Stadium soccer attendance since 2002 MLS Cup. Revolution (10W-4L-6D, 36 points) retained first place in MLS overall standings. Celtic Ray Allen participated in the ceremonial opening kickoff. Goal: Twellman 55’. [Read more…] about Aug. 12, 2007 – Revolution 1:0 LA Galaxy (Att.: 35,402)
Toronto clinches second place and Boston Minutemen last place in NASL Northern Division, with one game remaining. Toronto, which goes on to win 1976 Soccer Bowl title, includes former Minutemen Eusebio and Wolfgang Suhnholz. Goals: Eusebio 4, Ivan Lukacevic 2; Sal Lo Grasso, Tom Walsh. [Read more…] about Aug. 11, 1976 – Toronto Metros-Croatia 6:2 Boston Minutemen (Att.: 5,545)
Friendly match duel between Sao Paulo’s Arthur Friedenreich and Fall River’s Billy Gonsalves, the U.S. visiting Brazil as part of a post-World Cup tour. Friedenreich would score more than 1,200 goals (officially listed at 1,329 goals), concluding his career with Flamengo in 1935. Gonsalves totaled an estimated 1,000 goals, retiring in 1952. [Read more…] about Aug. 10, 1930 – Sao Paulo FC 5:3 U.S., Chácara da Floresta, Brazil
Friendly match duel between Sao Paulo’s Arthur Friedenreich and Fall River’s Billy Gonsalves, the U.S. visiting Brazil as part of a post-World Cup tour. Friedenreich would score more than 1,200 goals (officially listed at 1,329 goals), concluding his career with Flamengo in 1935. Gonsalves totaled an estimated 1,000 goals, retiring in 1952. [Read more…] about Aug. 10, 1930 – Sao Paulo FC 5:3 U.S., Chácara da Floresta, Brazil
In a 1990 interview, Arnie Oliver (New Bedford, Mass.) recalled having scored the deciding goal in a U.S. 4-3 victory over Santos FC, only for next day newspaper accounts to report the score as a draw. Bert Patenaude had eight goals disallowed during the U.S. tour of South America pre- and post-1930 World Cup. [Read more…] about Aug. 9, 1930 – Santos FC 3:3 U.S.
Landon Donovan played twice at Foxboro Stadium and 20 times (11 goals) at Gillette Stadium. Donovan holds the Gillette record with a four-goal game for the U.S. in a 5-0 win over Cuba in 2003. [Read more…] about Aug. 8, 2001 – Revolution 1:5 San Jose Earthquakes, Landon Donovan’s Foxborough debut (Att.: 11,822)
LA Galaxy’s David Beckham makes second Gillette visit, Steve Ralston converts Revolution record 10th consecutive career penalty kick. The Galaxy compiled a 2W-0L-1D record with Beckham in the lineup at Gillette from 2008-11. [Read more…] about Aug. 7, 2009 – Revolution 1:2 LA Galaxy, Gillette Stadium (Att.: 26,623)
Diego Fagundez (16) became the youngest scorer at Gillette Stadium in his first MLS game for the New England Revolution, Shalrie Joseph converted team record 12th penalty kick.
Fagundez had played in two U.S. Open Cup road matches before making his MLS debut. Previous youngest scorer at Gillette was Canada’s Kara Lang (Romero/16 years, 11 months) in a 3-1 win over Japan in the 2003 Women’s World Cup. [Read more…] about Aug. 6, 2011 – Revolution 2:3 Chivas USA, Gillette Stadium (Att.: 11,523)
After losing to the Houston Dynamo in successive MLS Cup finals, the New England Revolution recovered for a penalty kick victory in the SuperLiga championship game. [Read more…] about Aug. 5, 2008 – Revolution 2:2 [6:5 PKs] Houston Dynamo, SuperLiga final, Gillette Stadium (Att.: 9,232)
U.S. manager William R. Cummings’ official report lists James Gentle (Brookline High School/University of Pennsylvania) as the team’s goal-scorer in this post-World Cup match. Other reports name the scorer as Bert Patenaude, who is listed with having scored 10 goals (plus another eight disallowed) during the 10-game U.S. campaign in the 1930 World Cup and post-tournament tour of South America. [Read more…] about Aug. 3, 1930 – CA Peñarol 4:1 U.S., Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay