November 26 (1960)
St. Louis University overcomes an early deficit and wins the Billikens’ second consecutive NCAA soccer championship by defeating Maryland, 3-2.
November 25 (1978)
Quincy College, loaded as usual with St. Louis players, wins its eighth NAIA championship by defeating Alabama-Huntsville, 2-0. The Hawks will win the next three NAIA titles, giving them an NAIA-record 11, all but two with St. Louis native Jack Mackenzie (pictured) as head coach.
November 24 (1962)
Senior Gerry Balassi accounts for three of the Billikens’ goals and assists on the game-winner as St. Louis University captures its third NCAA soccer championship in four years by coming from behind to defeat Maryland, 4-3, at Francis Field.
November 23 (1980)
Steve Moyers, one of the all-time great scorers in St. Louis soccer history, scores both goals as the United States defeats Mexico, 2-1, in a World Cup qualifier. The victory is only the second for the U.S. in 26 matches with Mexico dating back to the USA’s last win in 1934.
November 22 (1992)
Meramec Community College successfully defends its NJCAA women’s soccer title by defeating Monroe of Rochester, N.Y., 3-0, in the NJCAA championship game. Meramec’s Jeff Karl (pictured) is NJCAA national women’s soccer coach of the year.
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 13 (1943)
Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Pat McBride is born. He will become one of the greatest midfielders in St. Louis soccer history and will be one of the best American-born players of his era.
November 11 (1968)
St. Louisan Carl Gentile starts the scoring for the United States in a 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Bermuda at National Stadium in Hamilton, Bermuda. Gentile’s free kick deflects off a Bermuda player into the net in the eighth minute and is scored as an own goal.
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 3 (1973)
In one of the biggest college soccer matches ever played in St. Louis, Dan Counce scores the only goal of the game as No. 2-ranked St. Louis University defeats No. 1-ranked Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville before 20,112 fans at Busch Stadium, at the time the largest crowd for a U.S. college soccer game.
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.
November 1 (1967)
St. Louisan Mike Villa scores 10 goals as Quincy College blasts Notre Dame, 16-2, in Quincy.
October 30th (1980)
Oct. 30, 1980: A still-standing record crowd for a college soccer match sees Steve Sullivan and John Hayes score two goals apiece as St. Louis University wins the annual Bronze Boot Game with defending NCAA Division I champion Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, 5-1, at Busch Stadium. A total of 22,512 fans are on hand.