A crowd of 43,433, largest to watch a U.S. National Team game in Missouri, sees the U.S. Men overwhelm St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 6-1, at Busch Stadium. St. Louisan Tim Ream (pictured) plays the entire match.

Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Pat McBride is born. He will become one of the greatest midfielders in St. Louis soccer history and will be one of the best American-born players of his era.

St. Louis University’s Vedad Ibisevic is named Conference USA freshman of the year.

Soccer games pitting teams from St. Ambrose on The Hill against Carlstrom from nearby Dogtown, known for being “boisterous,” sink to even greater depths. A Muny League match at Forest Park erupts into a riot 16 minutes into the second half when players fight and some of the 3,500 fans swarm on the field to engage in a free-for-all.

St. Louisan Carl Gentile starts the scoring for the United States in a 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Bermuda at National Stadium in Hamilton, Bermuda. Gentile’s free kick deflects off a Bermuda player into the net in the eighth minute and is scored as an own goal.

St. Louisan Maddie Pokorny scores her team’s only goal in HB Køge’s 5-1 loss to Arsenal in the UEFA Women’s Champions League.

Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Joe Carenza Sr. is born. Carenza will prove to be a steady fullback for a number of St. Louis teams, but his biggest legacy will be the innovative programs he helps develop for junior and senior soccer in St. Louis.

Becky Sauerbrunn plays the entire match as the U.S. Women’s National Team wins its 500th game in the program’s history by defeating Portugal, 1-0, in an international friendly in Lisbon.

Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Pat McBride is the first player signed by the new St. Louis Stars of the National Professional Soccer League.

The St. Louis Ambush, the latest indoor soccer team in town, lose their first-ever game, 13-10, against the Dayton Dynamo in Dayton, Ohio.

In a game between eventual national champions that will go down in SIU-Edwardsville history as the “3-1 tie,” the Cougars and St. Louis U.’s Billikens battle to a 1-1 standoff before 14,459 fans at Busch Stadium. SIUE’s Chris Carenza has two goals nullified.

With her team trailing, 4-1, with 8 minutes left and with only 10 players after Sarah Carroll’s second yellow card, St. Louisan Alyssa Mautz ignites a miracle. Her goal on a left-footed shot off an assist from Sam Kerr starts Perth Glory on an amazing comeback in an Australian W-League match with Canberra United.

The St. Louis Soccer Football League plays its first games, beginning a 31-year run of professional soccer in St. Louis. About 2,000 fans watch a doubleheader at Athletic Park. St. Teresa of St. Louis tops the Thistles, composed mostly of players from Benld, Ill,, 3-0, in the opening match. The other game ends in a 2-2 draw between Innisfails and St. Mathews, both of St. Louis.

In one of the biggest college soccer matches ever played in St. Louis, Dan Counce scores the only goal of the game as No. 2-ranked St. Louis University defeats No. 1-ranked Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville before 20,112 fans at Busch Stadium, at the time the largest crowd for a U.S. college soccer game.

The St. Louis Steamers open the season with that indoor soccer rarity, a shutout, in a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Sting before 13,115 fans at The Arena. Future Indoor Soccer Hall of Famer Slobo Ilijevski posts his fifth career shutout.

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.

St. Louisan Mike Villa scores 10 goals as Quincy College blasts Notre Dame, 16-2, in Quincy.

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.

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.

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.