July 7, 1979 – New England Tea Men 1:2 New York Cosmos, Nickerson Field (Att.: 15,763)

The teams appeared to be developing a rivalry, the Tea Men having twice defeated the New York Cosmos before combined crowd totals of 92,623 in a seven-day period in 1978.

The Cosmos took a two-goal lead on a Marinho free kick and a Giorgio Chinaglia goal, disputed for possible offside. Chris Turner’s header equalized (59^’), then Keith Weller missed an open net, Costa Rican midfielder Ringo Cantillo hit the post in the late going, and Weller missed a 76^th-minute penalty kick after substitute Salif Keita had been taken down. Keita, playing with a pulled hamstring, replaced Gerry Daly, the Tea Men’s regular penalty taker, who had sustained a neck injury. Nickerson Field’s capacity was about 17,000.

July 7, 1946 – Ponta Delgada 1:1 Chicago Viking AA, U.S. Open Cup final first leg at Mark’s Stadium, N. Tiverton, R.I. (Att.: 4,000)

July 7, 1967 – Baltimore Bays 4:1 Chicago Spurs, Fenway Park (Att.: 2,534)

Bays include Ze Maria, Dennis Viollet, plus captain Juan Santisteban. “Organist John Kiley will give a pre-game concert of songs from 19 countries.”

July 7, 1973 – Boston Astros 4:3 New Jersey Schaefer Brewers, BC Alumni Field (Att.: 3,345)

July 7, 2000 – Revolution acquire Eric Wynalda from Miami in exchange for Ivan McKinley

July 7, 2003 – Revolution transfer Daniel Hernandez to Necaxa

July 7, 2012 – Revolution 2:0 New York Red Bulls (Att.: 14,374)

Jerry Bengtson scores in debut. Goals: Nguyen 24^’, Bengtson 84^’.

NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY