St. Louis FC’s Sam Fink is voted U.S. Open Cup Lower Division Player of the Tournament  in balloting conducted by TheCup.us. He helped St. Louis FC reach the quarterfinals of the Cup with four consecutive wins, the last two over MLS representatives Chicago Fire and FC Cincinnati.

The Soccer Park opens in Fenton as perhaps the first soccer-specific facility in the United States. Two days of celebrations are capped by the park’s inaugural game on Sept. 10. St. Louis University tops the University of Missouri-St. Louis, 3-1, on two goals and an assist from Tom Hayes.

In one of the early reports on soccer in St. Louis, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes that the St. Louis Foot Ball Club defeats the Shamrocks at Compton Avenue Park after being challenged by the Shamrocks to play the game. The newspaper doesn’t give the score in the 37-word item that appears in its Sept. 10 edition.

A squad of St. Louis all-stars holds the nation’s top team, Ponta Delgada of Fall River, Mass., to a 4-4 draw at Public Schools Stadium. Ponta Delgada won the U.S. Open Cup the day before by beating Chicago Sparta, 3-2, in Chicago, and had captured the U.S. Amateur Cup earlier in the year, making Ponta Delgada the first team in U.S. soccer history to win both cups in the same year.

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.

St. Louis University overcomes an early deficit and wins the Billikens’ second consecutive NCAA soccer championship by defeating Maryland, 3-2.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.