Daryl Doran is named to the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame. His 827 professional indoor games played are the most in U.S. history. He scored 419 goals in his indoor career, and coached the St. Louis Ambush to the 1995 NPSL championship.

A heartbreaking finish spoils a dominant performance by the St. Louis Shamrocks in the first game of the finals of the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) against German American FC of Philadelphia. A last-minute goal by the German Americans results in a 2-2 tie. Seeking their fourth consecutive Open Cup title, the Shamrocks will lose the second game and the cup when the German Americans win 3-0 in Philadelphia on May 3.

The Ambush wins St. Louis’s first and only pro soccer national league championship, indoors or outdoors, rebounding from an 11-0 deficit to beat the Harrisburg Heat 14-11 in the fourth and deciding match of the NPSL best-of-seven championship series at the Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg, Pa.

The professional St. Louis League champion Ben Millers, National Challenge Cup finalists of 1926, come from behind to squeak past the Muny League amateur champion Killarneys, 2-1, on a cold, snowy day at St. Louis University Field. Jimmy McCarthy (pictured) scores a goal after earlier missing a penalty kick for Killarney.

The National Challenge Cup (today’s U.S. Open Cup) returns to St. Louis after an 11-year absence, thanks to Stix, Baer & Fuller defeating the New York Americans, 2-1, at Starlight Park in the Bronx. Willie McLean (pictured) scores one goal and assists on the other.

Granite City’s Ruben Mendoza (pictured) makes headlines as Kutis defeats the Chicago Eagles, 3-1, in Chicago in the first game of the Western Final of U.S. Amateur Cup. Mendoza scores two goals, then becomes involved in an altercation that leads to a near-riot of players and fans near the end of the match.

Sonny Vitale (pictured) scores twice and St. Louis U. players Bill Vieth and Pat McBride have one each as the St. Louis CYC All-Stars beat St. Catherines United, 4-0, in a match pitting the CYC’s stars against an international club.

HOK and Snow Kreilich Architects release drawings (pictured) of a St. Louis soccer stadium projected to seat 22,500 to 25,000. Renderings show a sleek, rectangular structure with seats no further than 120 feet from the field, a translucent roof, and open gathering areas outside. The renderings will evolve into today’s CityPark.

Scullin Steel is the second St. Louis team to reach the final of the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) in as many years, but slumps in the second half and loses to Robins Dry Dock of Brooklyn, 4-2, in Fall River, Mass. Charles Bechtold (pictured) scores both goals for Scullin.

The St. Louis Shamrocks lose National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) finals to the New York Americans in 4-2 defeat in New York in a two-game series decided on total goals.

Brad Davis becomes fifth player in MLS history to play in 400 games.

Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Billy Gonsalves has “his finest effort of the season” as Stix, Baer & Fuller retains its National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) title by defeating the Pawtucket (R.I.) Rangers, 5-0, in the first Challenge Cup final played at night.

The AC St. Louis men’s professional team plays its first game and loses, 2-0, to the Carolina RailHawks in Cary, N.C., before 2,013 fans (pictured: AC head coach Claude Anelka, left. and player-assistant coach Steve Ralston).

Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Frank Borghi is born. He will be the goalkeeper who will shut out England 1-0 in the 1950 World Cup, one of the biggest upsets in soccer history.

Steve Trittschuh gives the sparse Soccer Park crowd of 3,287 plenty to cheer about as he scores a goal for the United States, and saves a potential goal by Iceland, as the U.S. Men’s National Team prevails 4-1 in a warmup for the 1990 World Cup. The Granite City, Ill., native and former SIU-Edwardsville player opens the scoring with a goal on a header in the 16th minute.

Madison Kennels of St. Louis loses 3-0 to the Hakoah All-Stars of New York at Brooklyn’s Dexter Park in the final of the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup). Hakoah had beaten Madison, 2-0, at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis on March 31. Their win on April 7 clinched the best-of-three series and the national championship for Hakoah.

The St. Louis Steamers end the regular season in style. Nebo Bandovic nets three goals and Don Ebert has two, including one just 17 seconds into the game, in a 7-6 win over the Chicago Sting before 8,540 fans at The Arena. Ricky Davis and Duncan MacEwan add the Steamers’ other goals.

The United States Football Association (today’s U.S. Soccer Federation) is formed in New York City, largely through the efforts of former St. Louis resident Tom Cahill (pictured).

Lori Chalupny (pictured) makes a triumphant homecoming with a second-half goal that sparks the U.S. Women’s National Team to a 4-0 win over New Zealand in a World Cup warm-up at Busch Stadium.

Stix Baer & Fuller loses in the finals of the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) to the New Bedford (Mass.) Whalers, 5-2, before a paid crowd of 7,371 at Sportsman’s Park in the second game of a two-game series decided on total goals. The teams had tied 3-3 after regulation and overtime on March 27.