Jan. 1, 1917 – Pan-Americans 3:1 Fall River Rovers
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Fall River Rovers’ loss to the Pan-Americans was their first of the 1916-17 soccer season.
Jan. 1, 1921 – Hendee Indians 5:1 Abbot Worsted, State Cup semifinals at Fore River Shipyard field, Quincy, Mass.
J&P Coats 0:1 Fore River at Pawtucket, R.I.
Jan. 1, 1925 – Boston SC 0:1 Brooklyn Wanderers FC at Walpole St. Grounds
First Boston home defeat
New Bedford FC 0:1 Providence FC
Goal: Tewfik Abdallah
New York Giants 2:5 Fall River FC Marksmen (Att.: 5,000)
Newark Skeeters 0:3 J&P Coats AAFC
Jan. 1, 1926 – Boston 2:0 Indiana Flooring
“One of the season’s largest crowds” at the Walpole Street Grounds, according to George Collins’ account in The Boston Globe. The victory had a Greenock Morton “flavor” as the goals were scored by captain Jock McIntyre and Alex McNab
Jan. 1, 1928 – Fall River Marksmen 2:2 Bethlehem Steel SC (Att.: 6,000)
New York Nationals SC 2:1 J&P Coats at Polo Grounds
Providence SC 3:1 Newark SC at Kinsley Park
Brooklyn Wanderers 2:1 New Bedford Whalers at Hawthorne Field (Att.: 1,500)
Jan. 1, 1931 – New Bedford 3:4 Boston Celtics, exhibition game
Jan. 1, 1932 – New Bedford Whalers 8:3 New York Giants, ASL playoff game at Battery Park
Jan. 3, 1932 – New York Giants 6:0 (9:8) New Bedford Whalers, ASL return leg at Polo Grounds (Att.: 3,000)
“… Bert Patenaude raced clean through his opponents, with a spectacular breakaway to score the winning tally, as the crowd went wild.”
Jan. 1, 2007 – Charlie Davies leaves Boston College to sign with Hammarby IF
Charlie Davies goes on to star for U.S. national team (17 caps, 4 goals), performing in three European countries. Davies set a New England Revolution record with four post-season goals in 2014. Davies totaled 18 goals in 70 games, tied for 13th with Raul Diaz Arce on the Revolution all-time list.
Jan. 1, 2013 – Clint Dempsey scores third goal, Tottenham 3:1 Reading
Jan. 1, 2014 – Juan Agudelo departs Revolution upon completion of his contract
Jan. 1, 2015 – Defender A.J. Soares departs Revolution upon contract completion
NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY