March 8, 1925 – Fall River Marksmen 3:0 New Bedford Whalers, Lewis Cup at Kinsley Park (Att.: 15,000)
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The Fall River Marksmen blanked rivals New Bedford in a semifinal match in Providence as “More than 15,000 persons were crowded into (Kinsley Park) and when the police ordered gates closed more than 5,000 were turned away … a section of a temporary stand collapsed early in the day, throwing between 50 and 75 men to the ground.”
The match was broadcast on the Fall River radio station WTAB. (Note: Boston Red Sox radio broadcasts started in 1926).
Goals: Campbell, Brittan, Morley.
New York Giants 3:4 Providence (Att.: 5,000)
Goals: Brown, Cairney, Duggan; Auld, Best, Florie, Beattie
March 8, 1930 – New York Nationals 3:6 Fall River at the Polo Grounds
Goals: Gallagher, McGhee, Stevens; Nilsen (4), Ballantyne, McAuley
Pawtucket 0:0 Hakoah, Atlantic Coast League game
“Jerry Best scored a clean blow on Guttman’s (sic) chin, to be put out of the game for fighting.”
March 8, 1942 – Pawtucket SC 4:2 St. Michaels (East Cambridge) at J&P Coats Field
March 8, 2006 – Alajuelense 1:0 Revolution, CONCACAF Champions match at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Carlos Hernandez’ 90th-minute free kick the only goal in the two-leg series
March 8, 2014 – Houston Dynamo 4:0 Revolution, MLS season-opener (Att.: 22,320)
March 8, 2015 – Seattle Sounders 3:0 Revolution, MLS season-opener (Att.: 39,782)
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