Dec. 3, 1939 – Lusitania Recreation 4:1 Pawtucket, National Open Cup (U.S. Open Cup) second round game, Lusitania Stadium, Cambridge, Mass. (Att.: 2,500)

This was a matchup of Lusitania center forward Bert Patenaude and Pawtucket’s Tommy Florie, teammates on the U.S. team that reached the 1930 World Cup semifinals. Patenaude, a 20-year-old when he became the first to complete a hat trick in the World Cup, twice headed off the crossbar. Lusitania was eliminated by Brookhattan in the quarterfinals. Goals: Slicer (PK), Rebello, Silvia, Brinkworth; Florie.

Dec. 3, 1887 – Fall River Rovers 3:0 Pawtucket Free Wanderers, American Assn. Series

Dec. 3, 1922 – Fall River 2:0 Philadelphia (Att.: 5,000)

“… Fall River went back into first place in the American Soccer League.” Goals: Lorimer (PK), Brittan.

Dec. 3, 1989 – UNC-Greensboro 1:3 Southern New Hampshire College, NCAA D2 final, Greensboro, N.C.

Dec. 3, 1995 – South Carolina-Spartanburg 0:2 Southern Conn. State, NCAA D2 final

SCSU (21-1-1) fourth championship. Goals: Hokayama, Carlos Rocha.

Dec. 3, 1999 – Revolution claim Eduardo Hurtado on waivers from NY/NJ MetroStars

Dec. 3, 2002 – Revolution sign Shalrie Joseph

Shalrie Joseph planned to pass up MLS after playing for St. John’s University. The Revolution selected Joseph with their second-round pick in the 2002 draft, coach Fernando Clavijo following assistant John Murphy’s recommendation. Joseph was playing for the New York Freedom when Kraft Soccer’s Sunil Gulati convinced him to take his chances with the Revolution and the move worked out as he became the team’s best-ever all-around performer. Joseph made his Revolution debut as an 82^nd-minute substitute for Wolde Harris in a 4-0 loss to LD Alajuelense in a Champions Cup match on March 23, 2003. Joseph made his first Revolution start as a right back in place of Jay Heaps (suspended) in the second leg against Alajuelense, a 3-1 victory on March 26, 2003. Joseph became MLS’ dominant holding midfielder, named to the Best XI team four times (2005, ’07, ’08, ’09), and is the Revolution’s all-time appearance leader with 305 games in all competitions. In his final game at Gillette Stadium, Joseph scored twice while playing for Chivas USA in a 3-3 draw with the Revolution on Aug. 29, 2012. In 2011, Joseph moved into a part-time forward role and led the Revolution in scoring with eight goals, totaling 37 in his career, tied with Pat Noonan for sixth on the team’s all-time list. Joseph converted 12 of 15 penalty kick attempts, second to Lee Nguyen in Revolution history.

Dec. 3, 2010 – Stanford 2:0 Boston College, NCAA D1 Women’s semifinals, WakeMed Park, Cary, N.C.

Dec. 3, 2011 – Ohio Wesleyan 2:1 Calvin, NCAA D3 final at San Antonio, Texas

Dec. 3, 2016 – Tufts 1:0 Calvin, NCAA D3 final, Kerr Stadium, Roanoke, Va.

NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY