Nov. 25 1930 – Reigning Bay State League champion Lynn Riversides league leaders

Most of the Riversides’ players grew up on River St. in Lynn, Mass., and played at the “old” Cooper St. Ground in West Lynn, “which has been an incubator for soccer players … These boys have made it perfectly plain that soccer can be played just as successfully by the lads born here as those who come from across the water.”

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Nov. 25, 1886 – Fall River Rovers 7:0 Thornton (R.I.), North End Grounds

“Nothwithstanding the inclement weather, large crowds attended the foot ball matches.”

East Ends 2:1 Providence, County Street Grounds, Fall River, Mass.

Nov. 25, 1906 – Massachusetts football association established

J.H. Fairfax-Lucy elected president in meeting at Continental Hotel.

Nov. 25, 1962 – Newton SC 2:3 Boston Italia, U.S. Open Cup, Victory Field (Watertown, Mass.)

Italia goals: Fran DiReda 2, Phil Mirisola.

Boston Germania 3:1 Pines Ramblers (Revere, Mass.), U.S. Amateur Cup second round

Nov. 25, 1979 – UConn 2:2 (0:3 PKs) University of Rhode Island, NCAA D1 New England Regional final (Att.: 5,500)

Nov. 25, 2009 – Revolution goalkeeper Brad Knighton selected by Philadelphia Union in MLS Expansion Draft

NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY