April 4, 1919 – Fall River named site of National Challenge Cup final, scheduled April 19, 1919

Fall River, Mass., is considered “New England’s leading soccer city … Bay State as the leading section in soccer in the United States. … Pawtucket, where several final contests have been played, holds the record for attendance at a soccer game in America.”(The Boston Globe)

Five National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) finals were contested at Coats Field/Lonsdale Ave. Grounds in Pawtucket, R.I., and three finals have been hosted by Fall River (two at Athletic Field, one at Mark’s Stadium, just over the border in North Tiverton, R.I.)

April 4, 1908 – Yale 5:2 Penn

Yale’s McNulty opened the scoring late in the opening half. Penn equalized, then took the lead on Capt. Wood’s penalty kick and a goal by Marsh. Yale’s Congdon, O’Sullivan, Hart and Jennings then scored “in record time.”

Jamaica A.A. 3:1 Clan McGregor at Williams Street Grounds, Jamaica Plain

The teams moved into a three-way tie with Andover in the Boston & District League championship series. “Cold and strong winds” limited crowd to 300

April 4, 1926 – Providence Clamdiggers 2:1 Bethlehem Steel

Goals: Curtis, Dixon; Visser

April 4, 1957 – Mexico 6:0 U.S. at Estadio Olimpico (Att.: 75,000)

George Brown earns only U.S. cap

April 4, 2012 – Revolution name David Vaudreuil reserve team coach

NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY