November 21 (1999)
Lewis & Clark Community College, ranked second in the nation, beats No. 1-ranked Monroe, 2-1, in the NJCAA women’s soccer finals to win the Godfrey, Ill., school’s first women’s national soccer championship.
November 20 (1931)
Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Bill Looby is born. Looby will become one of the most prolific scorers in St. Louis soccer history.
November 19 (1989)
Florissant Valley Community College’s men rule the junior college soccer world again, winning the NJCAA championship.
November 18 (2013)
Bosnia-Herzegovina has a “home” match at Busch Stadium against Argentina before a wildly partisan Bosnian crowd of 30,397. But Argentina, even without injured superstar Lionel Messi, wins the international friendly, 2-0
November 16 (1968)
Florissant Valley loses in the NJCAA final, 2–1, to Mercer County of Trenton, N.J., in Garden City, N.Y.
November 14 (1986)
It was supposed to be a return to the best of times, but the St. Louis Steamers’ Major Indoor Soccer League opener is the worst in the club’s history as it loses, 6-1, to the Kansas City Comets at The Arena.
November 10 (1959)
St. Louis University is selected to represent the Midwestern College Conference in the inaugural NCAA playoffs. They will win all three NCAA playoff matches by at least three goals to capture the Bills’ first of 10 NCAA soccer championships.
November 5 (1989)
The United States men play to a disappointing scoreless standoff with El Salvador in a World Cup qualifier at the Soccer Park before 8,500 fans.
November 2 (1979)
Goalkeeper Ed Gettemeier earns a shutout the hard way as SIU-Edwardsville blanks St. Louis U., 2-0, before 9,149 fans at Busch Stadium.
October 25th (1912)
Oct. 25, 1912: A meeting of interested teams and organizers at the St. Louis Municipal Courts Building results in the founding of the Municipal Soccer League.
October 20th (1981)
Oct. 20, 1981: Pete Sorber wins his 200th game as head coach at Florissant Valley Community College when the Norsemen beat Forest Park, 1-0, at St. Louis U. High School.
October 19th (1947)
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.
October 18th (1934)
Oct. 18, 1934: The first soccer night game under the lights in St. Louis sees the Central Brewers play Hellrung-Grimms at Normandy High School in a St. Louis League match.
October 17th (1948)
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.
October 15th (1976)
Oct. 15, 1976: The U.S. suffers a brutal 3-0 World Cup qualifying loss to Mexico in Puebla, Mexico, with St. Louisans Al Trost and Steve Pecher in the USA’s starting lineup.
October 12th (2005)
Oct. 12, 2005: Taylor Twellman scores his first international goal in the USA’s 2-0 win over Panama in a World Cup qualifier at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.
October 10th (1962)
Oct. 10, 1962: St. Louis University begins a winning streak that will take the Billikens to their third NCAA championship by edging Harris Teachers College, 2-1.
October 8th (1950)
Oct. 8, 1950: Kutis serves notice that there is a shakeup in the St. Louis soccer hierarchy by blanking two-time U.S. Open Cup champion Simpkins, 2-0, in one of two St. Louis Major Soccer League games at Sportsman’s Park.
October 7th (2016)
Oct. 7, 2016: St. Louis native Becky Sauerbrunn is named to NWSL Best XI for fourth consecutive year.