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.

The Missouri Athletic Association wins a marathon Municipal League championship game 3-1 over Christian Brothers College before 10,000 fans at Fairground Park.

Scullin Steel, defending champions of the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup), sees a 2-0 lead evaporate and settles for a 2-2 tie with the Patterson (N.J.) Silk Sox in the Cup final. Heroic goalkeeping from Harry “Dutch” Oellermann (pictured) helps Scullin hold off Patterson during 30 minutes of overtime.

Alyssa Mautz scores both goals for the Chicago Red Stars in 3-2 loss to the Portland Thorns in the Red Stars’ NWSL home opener at Toyota Park.

A then-record crowd of 13,686 for a final of the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) sees Vesper Buick of St. Louis lose 4-2 to the Fall River (Mass.) Marksmen at High School Field, Grand and Laclede avenues. Pictured: Alex Kemp of Fall River (left) shields Vesper’s Eddie Becker from the ball.

Steve Zungul scores his fourth goal of the match with 30 seconds left to lift the New York Arrows to a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Steamers in the MISL championship game at the Checkerdome before 17,206 fans.

A 75th-minute goal on a header by Joe Clarke (pictured) off a cross from Greg Villa gives Big Four a 2-1 upset over Kutis in the Missouri Open Cup championship game at Mullally Field. The outcome snaps a 24-game unbeaten streak for Kutis.

In what some will later call the greatest indoor soccer game ever played, the St. Louis Steamers rally from 6-1 deficit after three quarters to defeat the Wichita Wings in the MISL semifinals at the Checkerdome. Emilio John (pictured) scores the deciding goal during a penalty kick shootout after a scoreless overtime period.

Stix, Baer and Fuller overcomes the mud, spectacular goalkeeping, and a last-second near-equalizer to defeat Sparta of Chicago, 1-0, to reach the finals of the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup). Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Jimmy Roe (pictured) scores the game’s only goal.

St. Louis CITY sets a Major League Soccer record as the first expansion team to win its first five games. Victory No. 5 is a 4-0 win over Real Salt Lake at America First Field.

Rob Acosta of the St. Louis Ambush is named the Major Arena Soccer League’s Defender of the Year.

The Aldines win the first Muny League championship with a 5-3 win over the Blue Wings at Fairground Park. Jake Ratz (pictured) scores three goals, including the game-winner with 10 minutes to play.

An era in St. Louis soccer ends when William O. DeWitt, president of the American League’s St. Louis Browns, announces that Sportsman’s Park, site of the first known soccerlike game in St. Louis in 1875, will no longer be available for St. Louis Major Soccer League professional matches (pictured: SLMSL game at Sportsman’s Park).

Innisfails (shown in the 1913-14 season) unseats 10-time defending St. Louis city champion St. Leo’s, 4-2, in the second game of the city title series before 1,700 fans who fill Kulage Park, North Newstead and Bessie avenues.

Jack O’Reilly, playing in place of injured forward Joe McCarthy, scores the game’s only goal 20 seconds into the match as Stix, Baer & Fuller defeats the Chicago Bricklayers in the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) Western final.

Scullin Steel wins St. Louis’s second national title by beating Todd Shipyards of Brooklyn, 3-2, in the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) final. Allie Schwarz (pictured) scores twice, including the winner with 4 minutes left.

The Ben Millers dominate the first half but give up two goals in the second and lose 2-0 to the Chicago Bricklayers in the Western final of the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup). Ben Miller GK Dave Bartnett is shown making a save. Teammates and U.S. Soccer Hall of Famers Ralph Tracey (center) and Frank Vaughn help defend.

Madison Kennels of St. Louis reaches the finals of the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) by routing Sparta of Chicago, 7-4, at Sportsman’s Park. The estimated crowd of 9,000, including 8,711 paid, sees Bud Grennon (pictured) score three goals, giving him 12 in Madison’s four 1929 Challenge Cup games to date.

Alex Pfeiffer becomes the youngest player to score a goal in the history of the National Women’s Soccer League when she tallies in the 68th minute for the Kansas City Current against the Portland Thorns. The St. Louis native is 16 years, 3 months and 20 days when she scores.

A knockdown, drag-out affair ends with St. Matthews defeating Henses, 2-1, in the third and deciding game of the Municipal Association (“Muny League”) finals. An estimated crowd of 12,000, of whom 9,000 paid, literally get in on the action at Fairground Park No. 2. With seven minutes remaining, Bill Lehman (pictured in 1933 while playing for Stix, Baer & Fuller) boots in the winning goal, prompting a fistfight among players and drawing fans onto the field.