Fire and Ice SC of St. Louis, the defending Women’s Premier Soccer League champion, loses, 1-0, to the Seattle Sounders Women in the WPSL semifinals in Norman, Okla.

Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Charley Colombo is born. He will be one of five starters from St. Louis on the U.S. team that upsets England, 1-0, in the 1950 World Cup. Colombo also will play on two U.S. Open Cup championship teams in 1948 and 1950 with Simpkins Ford.

St. Louisan Steve Ralston scores as the United States blasts Cuba, 5-0, in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Foxboro, Mass.

Scott Gallagher loses, 2-1, in U.S. Amateur Cup final to Seattle Murphy’s Pub in Indianapolis. Craig Frederking (pictured), the all-time leading scorer in the history of men’s soccer at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, tallies Scott Gallagher’s only goal.

Citing the impact of the virus pandemic, Major League Soccer announces that it will delay the start of the St. Louis expansion team to 2023. The extra year means that the stadium, scheduled for completion in mid–2022, will be available for the start of the 2023 season.

It’s a big day for the St. Louis Stars’ Rudi Kolbl. Kolbl scores the game’s only goal as the Stars defeat the Pittsburgh Phantoms at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh before 5,414 fans in a nationally televised match. The goal lifts him into the scoring lead in the first-year National Professional Soccer League with 27 points on 10 goals and seven assists.

Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Frank “Pee Wee” Wallace is born. His most memorable moments in soccer will come at the 1950 World Cup, when he will be one of five starters from St. Louis in the United States’ 1-0 upset of England. He will score three goals in seven appearances during his career with the U.S. National Team.

The U.S. men defeat Martinique, 2-0, in the CONCACAF Gold Cup Tournament, largely through the efforts of the St. Louis duo of Brian McBride and Steve Ralston. McBride, a Chicago-area native who set career scoring records at St. Louis University from 1990-93, scores both goals on assists from Ralston, a St. Louis native.

St. Louis teams go 1-2 in the finals of the U.S. Open, Amateur and Over-30 Cups. Kutis captures the U.S. Open Cup title by beating the San Pedro (Calif.) Yugoslavs, 1-0. Meanwhile, Busch falls, 3-0, to the Fairfax (S.C.) Spartans in the Amateur Cup final and Kutis loses, 1-0, in overtime to the Tulsa (Okla.) Falling Stars in the Over-30 title game.

Guy Busch tallies twice to unknot a 2-2 game and help Kutis defend its 1963 U.S. Junior Cup title by defeating Philadelphia’s Lighthouse Celtics, 4-2, in the U.S. Junior Cup championship game at Public Schools Stadium.

St. Louis teams score a national championship double. Busch wins the U.S. Amateur Cup with 3-2 victory over Philadelphia Bayern in Philadelphia and Scott Gallagher captures the U.S. Junior Cup with a 4-2 win over the Miami Knights in Omaha, Neb.

First-year team St. Louis CITY FC overwhelms previously unbeaten FC Cincinnati, 5-1, before a sellout crowd at CITYPARK.

One-time prolific indoor soccer scorer Stan Terlecki returns to form with a hat trick for the St. Louis Storm in a 7-4 win over the Cleveland Crunch before 5,789 fans at The Arena. Terlecki, who amassed 139 goals in just two seasons with the MISL’s Pittsburgh Spirit from 1981-83, had not played in the MISL for three years until signing with the Storm in December 1989.

A two-game series of international soccer matches in St. Louis ends with the Cycling Club defeating a team from Toronto, Canada, 4-2, at League Park, Natural Bridge and Vandeventer Avenues. The Canadians lost to Christian Brothers College, 2-1, the day before at League Park.

The St. Louis Steamers’ Don Ebert is named the Major Indoor Soccer League’s Rookie of the Year. He led all rookies with 65 points on 46 goals and 19 assists.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Association Football League champion St. Leo’s (pictured in 1907) has won the city championship by beating Amateur League champion St. Matthews, 3-2. St. Leo’s will go on to become one of the best teams in the United States. St. Leo’s will win 10 city championships and will beat some of the top teams from the eastern United States.

Tim Ream becomes the first St. Louisan to play in a Premier League match.

Tom Knapp’s three goals power Florissant Valley Community College to a 6-2 victory over Miami-Dade South in the NJCAA championship game in Miami. (Image is of game summary.)

St. Louis University wins the inaugural NCAA soccer championship, beating Bridgeport, 5-2, in Storrs, Conn.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis men lose, 2-0, to unbeaten Tampa University in the NCAA Division II semifinals in New Haven, Conn.