Friendly match duel between Sao Paulo’s Arthur Friedenreich and Fall River’s Billy Gonsalves, the U.S. visiting Brazil as part of a post-World Cup tour. Friedenreich would score more than 1,200 goals (officially listed at 1,329 goals), concluding his career with Flamengo in 1935. Gonsalves totaled an estimated 1,000 goals, retiring in 1952. [Read more…] about Aug. 10, 1930 – Sao Paulo FC 5:3 U.S., Chácara da Floresta, Brazil
Landon Donovan played twice at Foxboro Stadium and 20 times (11 goals) at Gillette Stadium. Donovan holds the Gillette record with a four-goal game for the U.S. in a 5-0 win over Cuba in 2003. [Read more…] about Aug. 8, 2001 – Revolution 1:5 San Jose Earthquakes, Landon Donovan’s Foxborough debut (Att.: 11,822)
LA Galaxy’s David Beckham makes second Gillette visit, Steve Ralston converts Revolution record 10th consecutive career penalty kick. The Galaxy compiled a 2W-0L-1D record with Beckham in the lineup at Gillette from 2008-11. [Read more…] about Aug. 7, 2009 – Revolution 1:2 LA Galaxy, Gillette Stadium (Att.: 26,623)
Diego Fagundez (16) became the youngest scorer at Gillette Stadium in his first MLS game for the New England Revolution, Shalrie Joseph converted team record 12th penalty kick.
Fagundez had played in two U.S. Open Cup road matches before making his MLS debut. Previous youngest scorer at Gillette was Canada’s Kara Lang (Romero/16 years, 11 months) in a 3-1 win over Japan in the 2003 Women’s World Cup. [Read more…] about Aug. 6, 2011 – Revolution 2:3 Chivas USA, Gillette Stadium (Att.: 11,523)
After losing to the Houston Dynamo in successive MLS Cup finals, the New England Revolution recovered for a penalty kick victory in the SuperLiga championship game. [Read more…] about Aug. 5, 2008 – Revolution 2:2 [6:5 PKs] Houston Dynamo, SuperLiga final, Gillette Stadium (Att.: 9,232)
U.S. manager William R. Cummings’ official report lists James Gentle (Brookline High School/University of Pennsylvania) as the team’s goal-scorer in this post-World Cup match. Other reports name the scorer as Bert Patenaude, who is listed with having scored 10 goals (plus another eight disallowed) during the 10-game U.S. campaign in the 1930 World Cup and post-tournament tour of South America. [Read more…] about Aug. 3, 1930 – CA Peñarol 4:1 U.S., Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
The Norwegians (1-1-1, 3 points) finished in third place and Qatar (0-2-1, 1 point) last in Group A of the 1984 Olympic soccer tournament. The Qataris missed a penalty kick and were issued three red cards by referee Bester Kalombo. Joar Vaadal scored both goals on his 24th birthday.
[Read more…] about Aug. 2, 1984 – Norway 2:0 Qatar, Olympic Games at Harvard Stadium (Att.: 17,529)
Though the USWNT had captured the 1991 Women’s “World Championship” (not World Cup), FIFA did not begin approving full-length matches and full sanctioning until the 1995 WWC. [Read more…] about Aug. 1, 1996 – U.S. Women’s National Team first title in FIFA-sanctioned tournament – U.S. 2:1 China, Olympic Games, Athens, Ga. (Att.: 76,489)
France (1W-0L-2D, 4 points) won Group A on the way to capturing the 1984 Olympic title. The France-Norway match attracted the largest crowd of six Olympic soccer matches staged over a six-day period at Harvard Stadium. [Read more…] about July 31, 1984 – France 2:1 Norway. Olympic Games Group A match at Harvard Stadium (Att.: 27,832)
Mario Mandzukic opened the scoring for Juventus against Roma. The Bianconeri took the lead for the first time in three New England performances – they drew with the U.S. national team (0-0) at the Yale Bowl in 1991 and Barcelona (2-2) at Gillette Stadium in 2003. Roma, which has played in Boston three times (2W-1L-0D) since 1972, was performing in Foxborough for the first time. [Read more…] about July 30, 2017 – Juventus 1:1 AS Roma, ICC game, Gillette Stadium (Att.: 33,039)