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.

Oct. 21, 1934: An estimated crowd of 8,000 watches both kinds of football in a doubleheader at Sportsman’s Park.

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.

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.

Joaquin Rivas scores the game’s only goal in the third minute of stoppage time to give St. Louis FC a victory over Hartford Athletic in the first round of the USL Championship playoffs in Hartford. The outcome marks the only playoff victory for St. Louis FC in its six-year history. The team will cease operations after the 2020 season.

St. Louis City2 loses in the MLS NEXT Pro final to the Columbus Crew 2, 4-1.

Former St. Louisan Tom Cahill (pictured), the executive secretary and primary founder of the U.S. Football Association (today’s U.S. Soccer Federation), announces a European tour for a team of mostly St. Louis players in 1920. They will play 14 matches in Sweden from Aug. 1 through Sept. 15, 1920 and will be the first St. Louis team to travel internationally. They will win seven, tie five and lose two on the trip.

Oct. 6, 1984: Two St. Louisans are in the starting lineup and a third starter with a St. Louis connection helps the United States beat Netherlands Antilles, 4-0, in a World Cup qualifier at Busch Stadium before 12,436 fans.

Oct. 5, 2018: Rockhurst University coach and St. Louis native Tony Tocco records his 700th coaching victory as the Hawks defeat William Jewell, 3-1, at Greene Stadium in Liberty, Mo.