The St. Louis All-Stars defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv FC of Palestine, 3-2, in an international exhibition at Walsh Stadium

Oct. 27, 1989: A St. Louisan comes home to spoil the debut of the St. Louis Storm.

Oct. 26, 1947: The St. Louis Major Soccer League, the first professional soccer league in St. Louis since 1938, makes its debut at Sportsman’s Park.

St. Louis native Chris Klein earns his first of 22 caps in the United States’ 2-0 win over Mexico in a friendly before 60,000 fans at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.

Oct. 24, 2013: Washington University’s men’s soccer team defeats Principia, 3-0, giving Joe Clarke his 400th victory as a men’s college head soccer coach.

Oct. 23, 2016: Brad Davis retires, capping a 15-year pro career that includes six MLS All-Star selections, one MLS Best XI selection, two MLS Cup championships, 17 caps and one start for the U.S. in a group stage match at the 2014 World Cup.

Oct. 22, 1919: Monsignor Louis F. Meyer is born. Known as “the Soccer Priest,” he will be a driving force behind the growth of the Catholic Youth Council, whose youth soccer programs will develop countless numbers of players who will compete at the college and professional levels.

Oct. 21, 1884: In an important milestone for St. Louis soccer, and, perhaps, for the global history of the game, the first soccer league in St. Louis, the Western Association, is organized.

Making its first-ever playoff appearance, eighth-seeded St. Louis FC loses, 4-0 to Orange County SC in the United Soccer Leagues Western Conference quarterfinals in Irvine, Calif.

Maddie DiMaria sets the single-game goal-scoring record for a U.S. National Team player at any age level, and the single-game goal-scoring record for the women’s World Cup at any age level, with six goals against Samoa in the USA’s opening match of the U-17 Women’s World Cup.

Oct. 19, 1947: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes that 45 years after humble beginnings, the Municipal Soccer Association kicks off its season with a record 119 teams.

Oct. 18, 1934: The first St. Louis League night game under the lights, and the second soccer night game in St. Louis Soccer history, sees the defending U. S. Open Cup champion Central Brewers defeat Hellrung-Grimms, 2-0, at Normandy High School. Just a few months earlier, the Central Brewers won the Open Cup over the Pawtucket (R.I.) Rangers, 5-0, in the third and deciding game of the finals under the lights at Walsh Memorial Stadium on April 16, 1934.

Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame journalist Dent McSkimming is born. “The Senor,” as he will be called by his newspaper peers because of his fluency in Spanish, will become a legendary soccer journalist, primarily with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, covering the sport at all levels for more than 50 years.

Oct. 17, 1948: An 89th-minute goal by Henry Merlo lifts Simpkins Ford to the U.S. Open Cup championship with a 3-2 win over the New York Brookhattans at Sportsman’s Park.

The third-ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis women hand No. 1-ranked and defending national champion North Carolina its first-ever loss, 2-1, in a tournament in Orlando, Fla.

Former St. Louisan Vedad Ibisevic sends the soccer fans of Bosnia and Herzegovina into ecstasy by scoring the only goal of the game against Lithuania in the 68th minute to qualify Bosnia and Herzegovina for its first trip to the World Cup.

A sports roundup in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes that Christian Brothers College will host the St. Patrick’s Young Men’s Sodality “under association rules.”

It’s a day of firsts for soccer in St. Louis. In the first-ever soccer match at the Edward Jones Dome, Lori Chalupny comes home for the first time as a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team and plays the opening 84 minutes of a 5-1 victory over Mexico.

St. Louis FC of the second-division USL names U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Preki as head coach. The team will finish with a 9-14-9 record in Perk’s single season with St. Louis FC.

Oct. 11, 1958: Soccer kicks off in a modest way at St. Louis University as the Bills play their first match, a 1-1 tie with Wheaton College, at Hickey Field in St. Louis.