Sept. 22, 2000 – Chicago Fire 6:0 Revolution, MLS playoffs, Soldier Field (Att.: 5,972)
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The Chicago Fire handed the Revolution their worst defeat, equaled by a 6-0 result in a regular-season match at Real Salt Lake in 2009. The record was snapped in a 7-0 loss to Atlanta United on Sept. 13, 2017. This series ignited the rivalry between the Revolution and Fire, which went on to lose, 1-0, to Kansas City in the MLS Cup final.
Sept. 22, 1910 – Fall River Rovers 3:1 Hyde Park Blues (Chicago)
Goals: Swords 2, Dalton; McKay. Note: Blues reigning Peel Cup champions
Sept. 22, 1929 – Lusitania Recreation 5:0 Fall River Marksmen at Blake Field, East Cambridge
“No upset has occurred here in soccer to match that of yesterday.” The Marksmen, who would defend their ASL title in 1929, were in the midst of a nine-game league unbeaten streak, and had taken a 2-1 win over the Boston Wonder Workers on Saturday, Sept. 21, 1929. Lusitania Recreation was the reigning Massachusetts State Cup champion. Goals: Dundas 3, Lyons, Foley.
Providence 4:3 Brooklyn Hakoah
Goals: Patterson 4; Molnar, Schonfield, Weiss.
New Bedford Whalers 0:0 Boston Wonder Workers
Brooklyn Wanderers 0:2 Pawtucket, Hawthorne Field
Goals: Turner, Sam Kennedy.
Boston Rangers 2:0 Swedish FC “B”, North Brighton
Bay State League opener
Maccabees 0:5 Quincy Red Lions, Bay State Junior League, Franklin Field
Sept. 22, 1968 – Hartford v CS Maritimo
Sept. 22, 1990 – UConn 3:2 (aet) North Carolina, Storrs, Conn.
The Tar Heel women’s team’s 103-match (97-0-6) unbeaten streak (since 1986) was snapped, its only loss in a seven-season span. The Tar Heels’ streak kicked off with a 4-0 win over UMass in the season-opener on Aug. 30, 1986, continuing through a 1-0 victory over UMass in the 1987 NCAA final in Amherst, Mass. UNC started another streak with a 3-0 win over Brown on Sept. 23, 1990, the first of 101 consecutive matches unbeaten. The Tar Heels gained a 6-0 victory over the Huskies in the NCAA final on Nov. 18, 1990. UNC coach Anson Dorrance guided the U.S. (with Tar Heel stars Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly) to the 1991 Women’s World Cup title in China.
Maryland Bays (1:1, 4:3 PKs) SF Blackhawks, APSL final, Nickerson Field (Att.: 4,881)
Maryland’s Scott Cook (74’), a former UConn star, opened the scoring and Jamaican Peter Isaacs (83’) equalized in a heavy rainstorm. John Abe scored the deciding penalty kick past Mark Dougherty, then Maryland’s Steve Powers saved on Steve Petuskey. Blackhawks included Marcelo Balboa, John Doyle and Eric Wynalda, who had played for the U.S. in the 1990 World Cup in Italy, plus Dominic Kinnear, who made his U.S. debut in November 1990.
NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY