Nov. 1 (1896)
St. Teresa’s, the dominant soccer team in St. Louis for much of the 1890s, posts its second victory in as many games in defense of its St. Louis city championship by blasting the Cappells, 6-0.
November 1 (1967)
St. Louisan Mike Villa scores 10 goals as Quincy College blasts Notre Dame, 16-2, in Quincy.
October 31 (2024)
The convoluted naming rights history of St. Louis CITY’s stadium takes another turn with the announcement that the facility will be renamed Energizer Park starting on Jan. 1, 2025.
Oct. 30 (1981)
Sixteenth-ranked St. Louis University nips ninth-ranked Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 2-1 before 14, 772 fans in the two teams’ annual Bronze Boot Game at Busch Stadium.
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.
October 29th (1948)
Oct. 29, 1948: A dispute between the professional St. Louis Major Soccer League and the U.S. Soccer Football Association (today’s U.S. Soccer Federation) comes to a head in local newspapers.
Oct. 28 (1936)
The St. Louis All-Stars defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv FC of Palestine, 3-2, in an international exhibition at Walsh Stadium
October 27th (1989)
Oct. 27, 1989: A St. Louisan comes home to spoil the debut of the St. Louis Storm.
October 26th (1947)
Oct. 26, 1947: The St. Louis Major Soccer League, the first professional soccer league in St. Louis since 1938, makes its debut at Sportsman’s Park.
Oct. 25 (2000)
St. Louis native Chris Klein earns his first of 22 caps in the United States’ 2-0 win over Mexico in a friendly before 60,000 fans at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.
October 24th (2013)
Oct. 24, 2013: Washington University’s men’s soccer team defeats Principia, 3-0, giving Joe Clarke his 400th victory as a men’s college head soccer coach.
October 23rd (2016)
Oct. 23, 2016: Brad Davis retires, capping a 15-year pro career that includes six MLS All-Star selections, one MLS Best XI selection, two MLS Cup championships, 17 caps and one start for the U.S. in a group stage match at the 2014 World Cup.
October 22nd (1919)
Oct. 22, 1919: Monsignor Louis F. Meyer is born. Known as “the Soccer Priest,” he will be a driving force behind the growth of the Catholic Youth Council, whose youth soccer programs will develop countless numbers of players who will compete at the college and professional levels.
October 21st (1884)
Oct. 21, 1884: In an important milestone for St. Louis soccer, and, perhaps, for the global history of the game, the first soccer league in St. Louis, the Western Association, is organized.
October 21st (1934)
Oct. 21, 1934: An estimated crowd of 8,000 watches both kinds of football in a doubleheader at Sportsman’s Park.
Oct. 20 (2018)
Making its first-ever playoff appearance, eighth-seeded St. Louis FC loses, 4-0 to Orange County SC in the United Soccer Leagues Western Conference quarterfinals in Irvine, Calif.
October 16th (1982)
The third-ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis women hand No. 1-ranked and defending national champion North Carolina its first-ever loss, 2-1, in a tournament in Orlando, Fla.
Oct. 15 (2013)
Former St. Louisan Vedad Ibisevic sends the soccer fans of Bosnia and Herzegovina into ecstasy by scoring the only goal of the game against Lithuania in the 68th minute to qualify Bosnia and Herzegovina for its first trip to the World Cup.
October 14th (1894)
A sports roundup in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes that Christian Brothers College will host the St. Patrick’s Young Men’s Sodality “under association rules.”
October 13th (2007)
It’s a day of firsts for soccer in St. Louis. In the first-ever soccer match at the Edward Jones Dome, Lori Chalupny comes home for the first time as a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team and plays the opening 84 minutes of a 5-1 victory over Mexico.