April 10, 1920 – Fore River FC 2:1 Robins Dry Dock at Coats Field, Pawtucket, R.I. (Att.: 10,000)
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Fore River FC’s performance in the National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) impressed the Boston Globe’s George M. Collins: “Never before in the history of a soccer game has a team been accorded the mad reception that greeted the Quincy eleven when it scored its second goal. The big crowd went crazy. … When Underwood whipped the ball past Renzulli into the net, all the pent-up feeling of the New England crowd rent the air – such a dancing and war whooping as was never staged at a soccer game before.”
Ratican gave Robins Drydock a 1-0 halftime lead, Tommy Underwood equalizing off a cross from 18-year-old Jimmy Farquhar. Jack Kershaw broke the deadlock after a Farquhar-Daly combination. “Fore River men went wild. It took the mounted police to get the field clear … Celebrating the victory, the Rooters, with their 40-piece brass band and their pipe band, paraded through the city. They snake-danced their way down to the railroad station with Mayor Whiton of Quincy in the front rank. The Fore River players were located in their hotel and serenaded.” The Fore River team returned to Quincy at 8:30 p.m. “and were given a flattering reception. The Fore River Band played on the steps of the City Hall and the Kilties’ pipe band headed the parade of players and supporters to the Fore River clubhouse. Plenty of red fire was burned along the line of march.”
April 10, 1911 – Howard & Bullough 1:1 Philadelphia Hibernians at Newark, N.J. (Att.: 8,000)
American Football Assn. Cup final playoff set for April 23, 1911.
April 10, 1915 – J&P Coats 1:2 Brooklyn Celtic, National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) semifinal at New Bedford, Mass. (Att.: 3,000)
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April 10, 2010 – Zach Schilawski completes 11-minute hat trick (third by a rookie in MLS history) Revolution 4:1 Toronto FC (Att.: 12,798)
April 10, 2011 – Harvard 0:0 Haiti (Att.: 11,513)
The Haiti Olympic team played Hurricane relief fund-raisers at Dartmouth and Harvard in early April
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