Nov. 28, 1929 – Lusitania Recreation 0:1 Providence Clamdiggers, Blake Field, East Cambridge, Mass.

Lusitania Recreation, an amateur club competing in the Massachusetts State League, had offered to replace Boston in the Atlantic Coast Soccer League. Providence had been scheduled to visit Boston in an ACSL game, but the Wonder Workers disbanded in a dispute over the rights to Dave McEachran. “Manager Sam Fletcher of the Providence team brought along his regular eleven, and it was well he had [Joe] Kennaway in goal, otherwise the Portuguese boys would have warmed things up for them.”

“The fans were shouting ‘halftime’ when Fitzpatrick got away and sent across a beauty which Hejac was right on the job to snap up and flash the ball into the net …”

Pawtucket 3:4 Fall River

“… eight minutes before the close … Patenaude finished by a forward line move with a brilliant shot for the odd tally.” Goals: Harvey, McKechnie, Goldie; Gonsalves, McNab, Patenaude 2.

New Bedford Whalers 0:1 Bethlehem Steel

“Florie scored the only goal after a clever run down the field and a long shot.” McEachran in Whalers’ lineup.

Nov. 28, 1912 – Fore River Draftsmen 3:2 St. George AA, Ward 2 Playground, Quincy, Mass.

Newton Centre 2:7 Waltham, Newton Centre Playground

Newton Upper Falls 2:1 Boston Americans, Newton Upper Falls Playground

Brockton 4:1 Lynn Fosse

Winthrop School 3:0 Sprague School, Grammar School League (preliminary match)

Nov. 28, 1918 – Trimo 5:0 Boston Rovers / Chinese Soccer FC 2:1 Rovers / doubleheader at Marcella St. Grounds, Roxbury

Nov. 28, 1920 – Braintree Welfare 1:1 All-Chinese, Paton Fund benefit game, Watson Field

Nov. 28, 1925 – Shawsheen Indians v Boston Wonder Workers, ASL game, Balmoral Park, Shawsheen Village

Nov. 28, 1926 – Newark 1:3 Fall River

Goals: Adair; McEachran 2, Kennedy. Note: RFB Marshall (Newark captain) out after 15 minutes (injured). Fall River (12W-5L-4D, 28 points) second place behind Bethlehem Steel (13-4-2, 30 points)

Providence 3:1 Springfield, ASL game (Att.: 2,500)

Goals: McLaine 2, Florie; Lawson.

Brooklyn Wanderers 2:2 J&P Coats, Hawthorne Field

Goals: Nelson, Burness; Drummond, McFarlane.

Roxbury United 4:1 Colonials, Bay State Junior League, Shirley St. Grounds

Nov. 28, 1959 – St. Louis 5:2 Bridgeport, first NCAA Championship final, Memorial Stadium, Storrs, Conn. (Att.: 400)

Jack Dueker scored three goals in a game played in a strong downpour. St. Louis entered the tournament with an 8W-1L-0D record (56-6 goal differential), then defeated USF (4-0) and CCNY (6-2). Bridgeport (9-0-0) eliminated Colgate (3-2) and West Chester State (2-1 AET). Williams had a 6W-0L-2D mark going into the tournament, losing to CCNY (1-0) in the first round.

Bob Dikranian, who would coach Southern Connecticut State from 1968-89 (plus Vasco Da Gama SC, New Haven SC, et al.), scored the deciding goal for the Golden Knights against Colgate. The Bridgeport-West Chester State game lasted 153 minutes (8 OTs) and was played on Nov. 26 and 27. “It would take an all-star team picked from the other three semifinalists to give the Billikens anything like a close game,” Bridgeport coach John McKeon said.

NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY