Kris Kazmarek’s 65th-minute goal on a free kick from Mary Moynihan lifts Florissant Valley Community College to the NJCAA women’s national soccer championship, beating State University of New York-Farmingdale, 1-0, in Trenton, N.J.

Galt of Ontario, Canada, defeats St. Rose of St. Louis, 4-0, at Francis Field to win the “gold medal” in the Olympics held concurrently with the St. Louis World’s Fair.

CityPark hosts its first-ever game, a friendly between St. Louis City2 and Bayer Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga. Bayer Leverkusen wins, 3-0, before a capacity crowd.

Granite City South High School wins its fifth consecutive Illinois boys’ state soccer championship, defeating Darien Hinsdale South, 5-1, in Palatine, Ill.

St. Louis University freshman and future Bundesliga star Vedad Ibisevic scores four goals in the first half as St. Louis U. defeats the University of Alabama-Birmingham, 5-1, in the semifinals of the Conference USA tournament in Memphis.

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. 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.

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. 21, 1934: An estimated crowd of 8,000 watches both kinds of football in a doubleheader at Sportsman’s Park.

Paul Dueker’s stellar performance in goal is not enough as defending U.S. Open Cup champion Kutis loses to Monterrey of Mexico, 1-0, in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup at the Soccer Park.

Kutis earns rave reviews as it beats Hakoah of New York, 3-1, to capture the U.S. Open Cup in a two-game final decided on total goals. Kutis won the first game, 3-0, at Public Schools Stadium in St. Louis on March 31.

The St. Louis Archdiocesan Catholic Youth Council reports that the CYC is fielding 352 soccer teams with 6,620 players in eight age groups. The St. Louis CYC will grow to be the largest soccer organization in the United States by 1966 with 447 teams.

The St. Mathews Saints win the Municipal League soccer championship with a 2-1 overtime victory over the Claxtons before an estimated crowd of 15,000 at Fairground Park (game action pictured). Outside left Bill Kerr scores his second goal of the game near the end of the fourth 8-minute overtime.

Ben Miller of St. Louis loses to Bethlehem Steel, 7-2, in the final of the National Challenge Cup (today’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y., before 12,041 fans. Benny Nash (pictured) scores both of Ben Miller’s goals.

Future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Tom Cahill (pictured) is born in New York City. Cahill, who will spend much of his early life in St. Louis, will influence soccer tremendously locally and nationally.

Oct. 31, 1909: The Pilgrims, an English team touring the United States to promote soccer, wrap up their final appearance in St. Louis with a second-half bag of tricks that treats a crowd of 8,000 at Sportsman’s Park. The Pilgrims score 10 goals in the second half to beat St. Leo’s of St. Louis, 12-1. The image, taken before one of the Pilgrims’ 1909 games in St. Louis, shows, from left, St. Louisan and future U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Tom Cahill, St. Louis mayor Frederick Kreismann, the Pilgrims’ Fred Milnes, and St. Louisan and referee Phil Kavanaugh.

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.