Glasgow Celtic gets a tougher-than-expected fight from the St. Louis CYC All-Stars, but still prevails, 3-0, at Public Schools Stadium during its late-spring series of friendlies in North America.

The first known soccer-like game is played in St. Louis at the Grand Avenue Baseball Park (renamed Sportsman’s Park a few years later.) The game matches two teams of lawyers — the Blondes and the Brunettes — with proceeds benefiting the Newsboys Home. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat will devote a 700-word story on the event in its May 29 edition.

The St. Louis Athletica folds six games into its Women’s Professional Soccer schedule. The reported pullout of European investors in owner Jeff Cooper’s soccer operations leads to the Athletica’s untimely end. The Athletica are in their second season. Cooper’s other professional team, the men’s AC St. Louis, will cease operations after the 2010 season.

Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Bill Looby scores both goals as Kutis clips Schwaben of Chicago, 2-1, in the Amateur Cup semifinals. Kutis, which already had won the Open Cup, will go on to become the last team in U.S. Soccer history to win both cups in the same year.

The NASL’s Team America is less than four minutes from upsetting the Soviet Union’s Dynamo Minsk when the Soviets are awarded a controversial penalty kick that results in the tying goal in a 2-2 deadlock at Busch Stadium. Three St.Louisas connect for Team America’s first goal: Perry Van Der Beck’s corner kick is deflected by Greg Villa to John Hayes (pictured), who scores.

Goals by Guenther Reinholdt and Freddie Vasquez (pictured) give the St. Louis Soccer League All-Stars a 2-0 lead over West German giant Meidericher SV Duisburg. But the powerful visitors come back to win the international friendly, 5-3, at Washington University’s Francis Field.

International men’s soccer returns in a big way to St. Louis after a 16-year absence. Premier League giants Manchester City and Chelsea meet in a friendly at Busch Stadium before a sellout crowd of 48,263, the biggest ever for a sporting event to date at the seven-year-old stadium.

St. Louis native Josh Sargent becomes the youngest player to score for the United States in the U-20 World Cup with two goals against Ecuador in a 3-3 draw.

St. Louis FC’s Irvin Hererra lights up the Tulsa Roughnecks for four goals as St. Louis scores a 5-2 victory in Tulsa.

The St. Louis Stars gain a brief 2-1 lead, but eventually succumb to Hertha Berlin of West Germany, 4-2, in an international match at Mullally Field.

St. Louis native Tom Barlow comes off the bench to score his first MLS goal and the game-winner as the New York Red Bulls defeat defending MLS champion Atlanta United, 2-1, despite playing a man short for 55 minutes.

Kutis scores its third victory over a German first-division team in five years by handily beating Schwaben Augsburg, 3-0, at Public Schools Stadium. Kutis, which defeated Nuernberg in 1955 and Eintracht Frankfurt (when the Kutis players were sponsored by Zenthoeffers) in 1951, capitalizes on Schwaben fouls for all three goals from Ruben Mendoza and future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famers Bill Looby and Harry Keough (pictured).

On leave from the U.S. Air Force, St. Louis native Carl Gentile scores in the 88th minute to give the St. Louis Stars a 1-1 draw with the Cleveland Stokers in an NASL match at Busch Memorial Stadium. Gentile scores after taking a pass from Gentile’s old St. Louis U. teammate and future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer, Pat McBride. Gentile will appear in his first of six matches with the U.S. National Team on Sept. 15, 1968. One of the top all-around athletes in St. Louis history, Gentile played minor-league baseball in the Mets’ organization and will be on the reserve team of the NFL’s Houston Oilers as a placekicker in 1969-70.

The U.S. Women’s National Team drubs New Zealand, 5-0, in an international friendly before another massive crowd for women’s soccer at Busch Stadium. Playing before 35,761 fans, St. Louis native Becky Sauerbrunn goes the distance at center back.

The first major European club to visit St. Louis gives a team of hand-picked local stars a lesson as Hakoah of Vienna outclasses the St. Louis All-Stars, 4-2, at St. Louis U. Field.

Zenthoefers of St. Louis shocks Eintracht Frankfurt of West Germany, 2-1, at Public Schools Stadium. “Rated a three- or four-goal stronger team,” according to Dent McSkimming of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Eintracht falls behind 2-0 on goals by Amiel Muniz and future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Harry Keough. Eintracht scores late on a goal by Hubert Schieth.

In one of the most storied games in St. Louis soccer history, the CYC All-Stars nearly pull off a massive upset before settling for a 1-1 tie with Liverpool at Public Schools Stadium. Liverpool had just won England’s First Division, forerunner of today’s Premier League. The CYC All-Stars are a team of St. Louis-born amateur players. Liverpool, missing three players with the national team and captain Ronnie Yeats out with a gimpy knee, manages to preserve its dignity by netting a goal with four minutes left to salvage a draw. Photo shows the CYC’s Sam Davis, top, and Liverpool’s Alan A’Court.

Central Brewers (formerly Stix, Baer and Fuller) of St. Louis win their third consecutive National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) on aggregate goals against the Pawtucket (R.I.) Rangers at Newark City Stadium in Newark, N.J.

Just a few hours after graduating from St. Louis University, Jim Bokern (pictured) scores the game’s only goal as the St. Louis Stars blank the Rochester Lancers before 10,382 fans at Busch Stadium.

Mike Seerey (pictured) scores both goals as the heavily St. Louis-influenced U.S. team ties Mexico, 2-2, in an Olympic qualifier at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco.