2001 Police tear gas unruly soccer fans, ensuing panic kills over 100 in Ghana
1998 Spice Girl Victoria Adams, aka Posh Spice, and soccer David Beckham gets engaged
1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion
1996 "Jock" John Wallace, soccer player/manager, dies at 60
1996 Helmut Schoen, soccer coach, dies at 80
1996 Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at 74
1995 Harold Sheperdson, soccer Trainer, dies at 76
1995 Johnny Carey, soccer star, dies at 76
1995 Bobby Stokes, soccer star, dies at 44
1995 Ted Drake, soccer star, dies at 82
1995 Davie Cooper, soccer star, dies at 39
1995 Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at 62
1995 George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at 84
1995 Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at 79
1994 Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70
1994 Terry Hibbitt, soccer star, dies at 47
1994 New York Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
1994 Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup
1994 Otto Bonsema, soccer star/trainer (GVAV, Veendam), dies at 84
1994 Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup
1994 Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US
1994 U.S. loses to Romania 1-0 in 1994 soccer world cup
1994 1,500th goal in Soccer World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina
1994 U.S. beats Colombia 2-1 in 1994 soccer world cup (1st win since 1950)
1994 U.S. ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer World Cup
1994 1994 World Cup soccer match begin, Germany vs Bolivia in Chicago
1994 Soccer great Pele (53) weds psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos (36)
1994 Manuel F "Garincha" dos Santos, soccer player (Brazil), dies at 49
1994 Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at 84
1993 Joop Vervoort, Dutch soccer referee, dies at 61
1993 Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67
1993 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match
1993 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die
1993 Bobby Moore, English soccer team capt (World champs 1966), dies
1993 Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
1992 Ted Croker, RAF-pilot/sect English soccer team (sponsoring), dies
1992 Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies
1992 Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies
1992 Joop Van Nellen, soccer/trainer (DHC/"We go to Rome!"), dies
1992 U.S. Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons
1992 Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship
1992 Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies
1992 Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash
1992 West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game
1992 Score begins selling international soccer cards
1991 Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies
1991 1st world championship of women's soccer, U.S. defeats Norway 2-1
1991 Concetto Lo Bello, Italian International soccer judge, dies
1991 Italian/Argentine Soccer star Diego Maradona retires
1991 San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship
1991 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics
1991 Theo Laseroms, [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies
1991 Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies
1991 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa
1991 Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die
1990 Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
1990 Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game
1990 Dordrecht '90 soccer team forms in Dordrecht
1990 FC Swells soccer team forms in Swells
1990 1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, U.S.S.R.-4 Cameroon-0
1990 Czechoslovakia beats U.S. 5-1 in World Cup soccer
1990 Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60
1989 U.S. beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US' 1st qualification since 1950
1989 U.S. plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 U.S. beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 Trinidad and Tobago ties U.S. 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 U.S. beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 Costa Rica beats U.S. 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England
1989 Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51
1988 U.S. beats Jamacia 5-1, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1988 U.S. and Jamacia play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1988 Netherlands soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against U.S.S.R.)
1986 Stanley Rous, British soccer official, dies at 91
1986 Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany)
1986 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs
1985 Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64
1985 Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles
1985 Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die
1985 Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies
1985 Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
1984 101,799 fans at soccer match Brazilie-France
1984 France wins soccer's European Cup
1984 Vitesse soccer team forms in Arnhem
1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer
1984 Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63
1982 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies
1982 Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star, dies at 41
1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid
1982 Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, soccer star/writer, dies at 76
1982 PEC Swells '82 soccer team forms in Swells
1981 NEC soccer team forms in Nijmegen
1981 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL
1981 FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms
1980 Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969)
1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
1978 Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft
1978 Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati,
1978 Lorrie Fair, born in Los Altos, California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics
1978 Jen Grubb, born in Elk Hart, Indiana, soccer defender 1996 Olympics
1978 Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
1978 Cindy Parlow, born in Memphis, Tennessee, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1978 MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht
1978 Victor Sikora, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1978 Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced
1978 Laurie Schwoy, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1977 Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City)
1977 Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games
1977 N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship
1977 Arnold Bruggink, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente
1977 FC Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam Neth
1977 Hayden Foxe, Australian soccer defender, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1977 Zephnad Wattimury, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen
1977 South Carolina Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen
1977 Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II
1977 Tiffany Roberts, Petaluma, California, soccer midfielder 1996 Olympics
1977 ADO The Hague soccer team forms
1977 Pascal de Vries, soccer player, FC Twente
1977 Tom van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player, PSV
1977 Ali el Kattabi, soccer player, Sparta
1976 Scott Vermillion, Independence, Missouri, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
1976 "Ronaldo" de Lima, Brazilian soccer player, Cruzeiros/PSV
1976 Danny Blankers, soccer player, PSV/Willem II
1976 Carey Tally, born in Memphis, Tennessee, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
1976 Bjorn van der Doelen, Dutch soccer player, PSV
1976 Nordin Wooter, Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1976 Kate Sobrero, soccer defender 1996 Olympics
1976 Boudewijn Send, soccer player, PSV
1976 Germain Wattamaleo, soccer player, Sparta
1976 Nwankwo Kanu, soccer player, Ajax
1976 Michael Petkovic, Australian soccer goalie, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1976 Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1976 Staci Wilson, born in Livingston, New Jersey, soccer defender 1996 Olympics
1976 Patrick Stephan Kluivert, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1976 Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ
1976 Frank van Twillert, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1976 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II
1976 Clarence Seedorf, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Ajax, Real Madrid
1976 Danielle Garrett, born in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1976 Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player, Holten, FC Twente
1976 Maringo Vlijter, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1976 Robin Confer, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1976 Holly Manthei, born in Edina, Minnesota, soccer midfielder/forward 1996 Olympics
1976 Mike Ferrier, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam, Salernitana
1976 Vincent Polvliet, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1976 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in auto-accident
1976 Mendel Witzenhauser, soccer player, Ajax, VVV
1975 Patrick Paauwe, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Graafschap
1975 Arno Schreuders, Dutch soccer player, RKC
1975 Melchior Schoenmakers, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1975 Arafath Hill, soccer player, FC Groningen
1975 Leo Koswal, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1975 Mark Viduka, Australian soccer striker, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1975 Billy Walsh, Summit, New Jersey, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
1975 Jan Harm Schippers, Dutch soccer player: South Carolina Heerenveen, Veendam
1975 John Harm Skippers, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1975 Robert Enes, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1975 Jurgen Dirkx, soccer player, PSV
1975 Jimmy van Fessem, soccer player, Willem II
1975 Rik Platvoet, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente, MVV
1975 Paul Agostino, Australian soccer striker, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1975 Mike Fisher, Naperville, Illinois, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
1975 Vincent Goossens, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1975 Stijn Haeldermans, Belgian soccer player, MVV
1975 Temoc Suarez, born in Greenwood, South Carolina, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold
1975 Debbie Keller, born in Winfield, Illinois, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1975 Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse
1975 Raymond Graanoogst, Suriname/Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1975 Robert Fuchs, soccer player, PSV
1975 Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1975 Jan l'Ami, Dutch soccer player, Willem II
1975 Martijn Reuser, Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1975 Maarten Kerkhof, soccer player, Vitesse, De Graafschap
1975 Willem Korsten, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse
1975 Marcel Koning, soccer player, FC The Hague/NEC
1975 Jacky Verbeek, Dutch soccer player, RKC
1974 Jeffrey van der Stone, soccer player, RKC
1974 Arjan Ebbinge, soccer player, FC Groningen
1974 Serge Heuveling, soccer player, NEC
1974 Juan Viedna Schenkhuizen, soccer player, Ajax, NEC
1974 Sander Westerveld, soccer player, FC Twente
1974 Anthony Carbone, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1974 Shannon MacMillan, Syosset, New York, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1974 Brian Kelly, Mission Viejo California, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
1974 Geert Jelle de Vries, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1974 Pele retires as soccer player
1974 Matt McKeon, Florissant, Missouri, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
1974 Bas Leferink, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1974 Lucian Sahetapy, soccer player, FC Groningen
1974 Sekou Soumah, soccer player, Willem II
1974 Bobby Petta, soccer player, Feyenoord, RKC
1974 Nelson Vargas, born in Holoyoke, Massachusetts, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold
1974 Frankie Hejduk, born in La Mesa, California, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
1974 Nabil Bouchlal, soccer player, Willem II
1974 Andre Ooyer, soccer player, Ajax/FC Volendam
1974 West Germany beats Netherlands 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich
1974 Harvey Esajas, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1974 Natalie Neaton, Royal Oak, Michigan, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1974 Soccer team Veendam forms
1974 Addilson dos Santos, soccer player, Sparta
1974 Roger Juffing, soccer player (Fortuna Sittard
1974 Miles Joseph, West Springfield Massachusetts, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold
1974 Carlos Fortes, soccer player, Sparta
1974 Brad Hassell, Australian soccer striker, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1974 Toine Rorije, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1974 Ante Moric, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1974 Marcel Nijenhuis, soccer player, NEC
1974 Sascha van Wissen, Dutch soccer player, MVV
1974 Mike DuHaney, born in New Haven, Connecticut, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
1974 Tony Alberda, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen
1974 Imad Baba, born in Humble, Texas, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
1974 Andre Batista Santos "Vampeta", Brazilian soccer player, PSV
1974 Joost Volmer, soccer player, FC Twente
1974 Hans Bond, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
1974 Ron Fox, soccer player, Willem II
1974 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
1974 Olaf Lindenbergh, soccer player, Ajax, De Graafschap
1974 Jeff Cassar, soccer goalkeeper, 1996 Olympics gold
1974 Bob Mulder, soccer player, Appingedam, FC Groningen
1974 Pavel Mikhalevitch, soccer player, NEC
1974 Gregory Playfair, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, PSV
1974 Tarik Oulida, soccer player, Ajax/Seville
1974 Goran Lozanovski, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1974 Arjan Blaauw, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
1973 Johan Cruyff chosen European soccer Player of year
1973 Eddie Pope, Greensboro, North Carolina, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Tammy Melinda Pearman, Brooklyn Ny, soccer forward/defender 1996 Olympics
1973 NA Soccer League awards LA, SF, Seattle and Vancouver franchises
1973 Luke Casserly, Australian soccer defender, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1973 Dick van Burik, soccer player, Ajax/NAC
1973 Frank Juric, Australian soccer goalie, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1973 Mac Cozier, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Sjoerd Sanders, soccer player, PSV/MVV
1973 Zach Thornton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, soccer goalkeeper, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Brandon Pollard, Richmond, Virginia, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Tijani Babangida, soccer player, Roda JC
1973 Clint Peay, Columbia, Maryland, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Alex Pijper, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
1973 A J Wood, born in Pittsburgh, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Kevin Muscat, Australian soccer defender, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1973 Peter Tsekenis, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1973 Gregg Berhalter, Englewood, New Jersey, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Peter Heijsteek, soccer player, DFC/Dordrecht '90
1973 Christy Rowe, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, soccer defender 1996 Olympics
1973 Brian Maisonneuve, born in Detroit, Michigan, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Mischa Smoking, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1973 Arne van de Berg, soccer player, Willem II
1973 Tracy Noonan, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, soccer goalkeeper 1996 Olympics
1973 Rick Plum, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, MVV
1973 Daniel Tiatto, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1973 Joe Spiteri, Australian soccer striker, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1973 Michel Traveller, soccer player, Ajax
1973 Mark Babic, Australian soccer defender, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1973 Ross Aloisi, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1973 Peter Hoekstra, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Ajax
1973 Ferdy Vierklau, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1973 Marc Overmars, Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1973 Norman Tome, Australian soccer striker, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics
1973 Bert Zuurman, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1973 Edgar Davids, Dutch soccer player, Ajax, AC Milan
1973 Gabriel Mendez, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics
1973 Louis Laros, Dutch soccer player, Willem II, Vitesse
1973 Paul Lieftink, Dutch soccer player, NAC, Spakenburg
1973 Tisha Venturini, Modesto California, soccer midfielder 1996 Olympics
1973 Andreas Gliatis, soccer player, NEC
1973 Billy Baumhoff, born in St. Louis, Missouri, soccer midfielder/forward, Oly-gold-96
1973 Arie Obdam, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
1973 Said Larossi, soccer player, Emmen/Vitesse
1973 Regilio Vreede, soccer player, Blue White, RKC
1973 Daniel Nijhof, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente
1973 Berry Radstraat, Dutch soccer player, NEC, SCH
1973 Ronald Hamming, soccer player, FC Groningen, Fortuna Sittard
1973 Clyde Wijnhard, soccer player, Ajax, RKC
1972 Bobby Schoonens, soccer player, RKC
1972 Yureck Person, soccer player, NAC
1972 Christian van der Weerden, Dutch soccer player, NEC, Vitesse
1972 Dick Kooijman, Dutch soccer player, Heracles, FC Groningen, Az
1972 Alfred Schreuders, soccer player, RKC
1972 Tiffeny Milbrett, born in Portland, Oregon, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1972 Tom van Mol, soccer player, PSV
1972 Eric van de Merwe, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1972 Francois Gesthuizen, soccer player, PSV, NAC
1972 Ramon van Haaren, soccer player, RKC
1972 Mariano Bombarda, Italian, soccer player, ACV, FC Groningen
1972 Dennis Military man, soccer player, Sparta/Vitesse
1972 Arie van de Padt, Dutch soccer player, Tonegido, Sparta
1972 West Germany wins soccer world championship
1972 Dirk-Jan Derksen, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1972 Patrick van Diemen, Dutch soccer player, FC Utrecht, NEC
1972 Marco van Hoogdalem, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1972 Patrick Pothuizen, soccer player, Vitesse
1972 Erik Maes, Dutch soccer player, MVV
1972 Jean-Paul van Gastel, soccer player, Willem II
1972 Jeffrey van As, soccer player, MVV
1972 Ajah Wilson-Ogechukwu, soccer player, Roda JC
1972 Mia Hamm, born in Selma, Alabama, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1972 Erwin van de Looi, soccer player, Vitesse
1972 Raymond Beerens, Dutch soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen
1972 Dennis Iliohan, Dutch soccer player, FC Lisse, ADO Den Haag
1972 Reinier Robbemond, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1972 Huub Loeffen, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse
1971 Boudewijk Pahlplatz, soccer player, FC Twente, PSV
1971 Cedric Ihalauw, soccer player, Roda JC
1971 Roy van de Hill, soccer player, Roda JC
1971 Lloyd Kammeron, soccer player, Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles
1971 Robert Wijnands, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1971 Twan Scheepers, soccer player, MVV
1971 Jeffrey Prommayon, soccer player, PSV
1971 Mitchel van der Gaag, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Motherwell
1971 Rene Ponk, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1971 Erik Smit, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1971 Marcel Boudesteyn, soccer player, Excelsior/FC Groningen
1971 Henryk Larsson, soccer player, Feyenoord
1971 Paul Janssen, soccer player, Fortuna S, NAC
1971 Briana Scurry, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, soccer goalkeeper 1996 Olympics
1971 Dennis de Brown, soccer player, Sparta
1971 Olaf Sheep, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, NAC
1971 Ernest Faber, soccer player, PSV
1971 Roy Keane, soccer player
1971 Dick Schreuder, Dutch soccer player, PSV/FC Groningen/RKC
1971 Deventer Soccer team Go Ahead Eagles forms
1971 Kristine Marie Lilly, born in New York City, soccer midfielder 1996 Olympics
1971 Ger Senden, soccer player, Roda JC
1971 John Achterberg, soccer player, NAC
1971 Dennis Gerritsen, soccer player, NAC
1971 Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen
1971 Iwan Tomasz, soccer player, Roda JC, Feyenoord
1971 Romano Sion, soccer player, Dordrecht '90/FC Groningen
1971 Ferdino Hernandez, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1971 Sandy Schreur, Dutch soccer player, NEC
1971 Eric Stock, soccer player, NEC
1971 Finidi George, soccer player, Ajax
1971 Edwin van Holten, soccer player, FC Volendam
1971 Andre Karnebeek, soccer player, FC Twente
1971 Mohammed Sylla, soccer player, Willem II, FC Martigues
1971 Arco Jochemsen, Dutch soccer player, SVDB, Vitesse
1971 Jari Litmanen, soccer player, Ajax
1971 Marco Sas, Dutch soccer player, NAC
1971 Maarten Atmodikoro, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, NAC
1971 Milko Pieren, Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1971 Mark Noordlander, soccer player, Sparta
1971 Julie Foudy, SD California, soccer midfielder 1996 Olympics
1971 Maurice Hofman, Dutch soccer player, MVV
1971 Michel Kreek, Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1971 Ulrich van Gobbel, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1971 Rene van Rijswijk, Dutch soccer player, RKC
1971 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66
1970 Edwin Huizinga, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen
1970 Ghalid Salamat, soccer player, MVV
1970 Romeo Wouden, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Heerenveen
1970 Michael Mols, soccer player, FC Twente
1970 North American Soccer League awards New York and Toronto franchises
1970 Berthil de Avest, soccer player, Roda JC/FC Twente
1970 Max Huiberts, soccer player, Roda JC
1970 Suvat Karadag, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1970 Wim Bubberman, soccer player, Sparta
1970 Edwin van der Sar, Dutch soccer goalkeeper, Ajax
1970 Phillip Cocu, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse, PSV
1970 Winston Bogarde, soccer player, Sparta/Ajax
1970 Sander Boschke, soccer player, FC Twente
1970 Mark Schenning, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1970 Jean-Paul de Young, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1970 Marciano Vink, soccer player, Genoa/PSV
1970 Mark Luijpers, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1970 Gaston Taument, soccer player, Feyenoord
1970 Danny de Supervise, soccer player, FC Volendam
1970 Marc Latupeirissa, soccer player, Willem II
1970 Dean Gorre, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1970 Feyenoord wins soccer's World Cup
1970 Ronald Waterreus, soccer player, Roda JC, PSV
1970 Fabian Wilnis, Dutch soccer player, NAC, De Graafschap
1970 Wilco Hellinga, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1970 Arno Doornernik, soccer player, Roda JC
1970 Orlando Trustfull, soccer player, Feyenoord
1970 Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship
1970 FC Utrecht soccer team forms in Utrecht
1970 Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City
1970 Roger Knarren, soccer player, MVV
1970 Brazil beats Italy, 4-1, to win soccer's World Cup, in Mexico City
1970 Amanda Cromwell, born in Washington D.C., soccer midfielder 1996 Olympics
1970 Clemens Zwijnenberg, soccer player, FC Twente
1970 John Karelse, soccer player, NAC
1970 Frank de Boer, Dutch soccer star, Ajax
1970 Ronald de Boer, Dutch soccer player, Ajax
1970 Marco Heering, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1970 Edwin Zoetebier, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
1970 Barry van Galen, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1970 Paul Bosvelt, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles/FC Twente
1970 Errol Refos, soccer player, Feyenoord
1970 Harry Decheiver, soccer player, RKC
1970 Rhett Harty, born in Pasedena California, U.S. soccer player, 1992 Olympics
1970 Bryan Roy, Surinam/Dutch soccer star, Ajax
1970 Erik ten Hag, soccer player, FC Twente, RKC, FC Utrecht
1970 Ivan Vukov, soccer player, FC Volendam
1970 Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player, FC Utrecht, FC Groningen
1970 Hans Spark, soccer player, RKC
1970 Dario Brose, Queens, New York, U.S. soccer halfback 1992 Olympics
1970 Dennis Hulshof, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1970 Elroy Kromheer, soccer player, FC Volendam
1970 Frank Kooiman, soccer player, Sparta
1970 Geert Brusselers, soccer player, NAC
1970 Rene Binken, soccer player, Volendam
1970 Tom Sier, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1969 Rob Maas, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1969 Arthur Numan, soccer player, PSV
1969 Frank Dikstaal, soccer player, MVV
1969 Antoon Kuil, soccer player, Veendam, South Carolina Heerenveen
1969 Ben Iroha, soccer player, Vitesse
1969 Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch soccer player, NAC, Celtic
1969 Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal
1969 Arjan van der Laan, Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1969 Mark Verhoeven, Dutch soccer player, MVV/NEC
1969 Marian Chlad, soccer player, FC Groningen
1969 Marthijn Pothoven, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1969 Jerry Simons, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Vitesse
1969 Maurice Graef, soccer player, VVW, Roda JC
1969 Bart Spark, soccer player, Veendam, South Carolina Heerenveen
1969 Wilfried Elzinga, soccer player, FC Twente
1969 Dave Smits, soccer player, Willem II
1969 Roberto Lanckohr, soccer player, MVV
1969 Erik Meijer, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Uerdingen
1969 Soccer war - Salvador-Honduras (1000 dead)
1969 Richard Roelofsen, soccer player, Vitesse/MVV
1969 Erik Tammer, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles
1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
1969 Armand Benneker, Dutch soccer player, MVV
1969 Jurgen Streppel, soccer player, Telstar/RKC
1969 Johan Hansma, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1969 Regi Blinker, soccer player, Feyenoord
1969 Dennis Bergkamp, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, soccer player, Ajax
1969 Carla Overbeck, born in Pasadena, California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics
1969 John van Halst, soccer player, FC Twente
1969 Dennis de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1969 Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1969 John Forest, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1969 Earnest Stewart, soccer player, Willem II
1969 Arjan Vermeulen, soccer player, Vitesse
1969 Robert Molenaar, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
1969 John Veenhof, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
1969 Rob van Dijk, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1969 Kees van Wonderen, Dutch soccer player, NEC/NAC
1968 Cees Marbus, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1968 Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer player, VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem
1968 US Soccer Football Assoc refuses to let NASL disband
1968 Jeffrey Kooistra, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen/NEC
1968 Edward Linskens, soccer player, PSV
1968 U.S. pro soccer 14 teams merged into 1 all star team
1968 Glenn Clear, soccer player, Vitesse
1968 Nico John Hoogma, soccer player, FC Twente
1968 Warry van Wattum, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen
1968 Marco Roelofsen, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1968 Yvo Joordens, soccer player, MVV
1968 Ricardo de Jongh, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1968 Michel Doesburg, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1968 Jack de Gier, soccer player, Cambuur L, Go Ahead Eagles
1968 Brandi Chastain, born in San Jose, California, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1968 Michel Langerak, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1968 Fortuna Sittard soccer team forms in Sittard
1968 Edwin Vurens, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente
1968 Anton Scheutjens, soccer player, Roda JC
1968 Peter van Foxes, soccer player, Ajax
1968 Erwin Vanderbroeck, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1968 Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star, PSV/AA Gent
1968 Jason van Blerk, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1968 Rene Groen, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1968 John Velddman, soccer player, Sparta
1968 Erik Regtop, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1968 Joy Fawcett, Inglewood California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics
1968 Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, FC Utrecht
1968 John de Visser, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1967 United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL
1967 Gheorge Popescu, Romania, soccer player, Barcelona
1967 Gica Popescu, Romania, soccer player, PSV
1967 Roland Jansen, soccer player, Willem II
1967 Romeo van Aerde, soccer player, RKC
1967 John Smit, soccer player, NAC
1967 Rein van Duynhoven, soccer player, Helmond Sport, MVV
1967 Martin Laamers, soccer player, Vitesse
1967 Helmond Sport soccer team forms
1967 Emiel van Eijkeren, soccer player, FC The Hague/NEC
1967 LA Wolves beat Washington Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer Ass champs
1967 Virgil Breedveld, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1967 Erik van der More, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1967 Mark van Hintum, soccer player, Willem II
1967 Ante Mise, Yugoslav soccer player, Hajduk Split/Vitesse
1967 Carlos van Wanrooy, soccer player, NEC
1967 Paul Gascoigne, soccer player
1967 Luc Nilis, Belgian soccer player, RSC Anderlecht/PSV
1967 Valeria Marini, Rome, Italy, sports commentator, Italian Soccer
1967 Foundation Arizona soccer team forms in Alkmaar
1967 Miroslav Stefanovic, soccer player, FC Volendam
1967 Marcel Valk, soccer player, RKC, Go Ahead Eagles
1967 Aron Winter, Surnamese/Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Lazio
1967 Patrick Lodewijks, Dutch soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen
1967 Roel Liefden, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen
1967 Bennie Dekker, Dutch soccer player, NEC/AZ/De Graafschap
1967 Aurelio Vidmar, soccer player, Standard Luik, Feyenoord
1967 Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, FC Utrecht
1967 Marco Boogers, Dutch soccer player, RKC, Sparta, West Ham United
1966 Hans van Arum, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse, Willem II
1966 Ed de Goey, Dutch soccer goalie, Feyenoord
1966 Roberto Beam, soccer player, Vitesse/MVV
1966 Hans Visser, Dutch soccer player, MVV, FC Utrecht
1966 Brian Wilsterman, soccer player, Dordreecht '90
1966 Ulrich Cruden, soccer player, NEC
1966 Ruud Cabbage, soccer player, FC Twente
1966 Alex Pastoor, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
1966 Wim Jonk, Dutch soccer star, Ajax
1966 John van de Brom, soccer player, Ajax
1966 Raymond Atteveld, Belgian soccer player, Waregem, Roda JC
1966 Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
1966 Rob Witschge, Dutch soccer star, Ajax/Feyenoord
1966 Cees Lock of hair, soccer player, NEC
1966 England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London
1966 Carlo L'Ami, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1966 Henk Fraser, soccer player, Feyenoord
1966 VVV soccer team forms in Venlo
1966 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
1966 Jacques "Jacq" Koumans, soccer player, NAC
1966 100th International soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1)
1966 David Nascimento, soccer player, Roda JC/FC Utrecht
1966 Claus Boekweg, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen, FC Zwolle
1966 Erik van Kessel, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1966 Michelle Akers, Santa Clara California, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1965 Zeljko Petrovic, soccer player, FC The Bosch/RKC
1965 Bart Latuheru, soccer player, Vitesse
1965 John Feskens, Dutch soccer player, Willem II
1965 Ruud Hesp, soccer player, Roda JC
1965 Once-Hertogenbosch soccer team FC de Bosch forms
1965 Juul Ellerman, soccer player, PSV, FC Twente
1965 Theo Bos, Dutch soccer player: Vitesse
1965 Johan Garrels, soccer player, Alphense Boys, RKC
1965 Aldo Swager, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1965 Alphons Arts, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1965 Fred Grim, soccer player, Cambuur L, Ajax
1965 Eric van der Luer, soccer player, Roda JC
1965 Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles
1965 FC Twente '65 Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede
1965 Norman Whiteside, British soccer player
1965 Adri Bogers, Dutch soccer player, Willem II
1965 Reginald Thal, soccer player, MVV
1965 John van Loen, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord, San Frecce
1965 Rene Trost, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1965 Carin Garbarra, East Orange, New Jersey, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1964 Raymond Libregts, soccer player, MVV
1964 Marcel van der Net, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1964 Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
1964 Marco van Basten, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, AC Milan
1964 Johan de Kock, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1964 Pieter Axe, soccer player, FC Utrecht/South Carolina Heerenveen
1964 Gerrie Slagboom, Dutch soccer player: Dordrecht '90
1964 Leon Meijs, soccer player, Willem II
1964 Danny Hoekman, soccer player, NEC
1964 Peter Remie, soccer player, NAC
1964 Giuseppe Giannini, Rome, Italy, soccer player, Rome A Team
1964 Nico Jalink, Dutch soccer player, Sparta, NAC
1964 Cambuur Leeuwarden BVO soccer team forms in Leeuwarden
1964 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
1964 Ulrich Wilson, soccer player, FC Volendam
1964 Carlos Aalbers, Dutch soccer player, NEC
1964 Paul Parker, soccer player
1964 Ab Plugboer, soccer player, FC Utrecht
1964 April Heinrichs, Littleton Colo, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics
1964 Richard de Vries, soccer player, De Graafschap
1964 Roger Reijners, soccer player, MVV
1964 Cees van der de Linden, soccer player
1963 Johnny van 't Schip, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Genua
1963 Joop Gall, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
1963 John Lammers, Dutch soccer player, NAC
1963 Gerald Sandel, soccer player, Sparta
1963 Mike Snoei, soccer player, Sparta
1963 Peter Bosz, Dutch soccer star, Toulon/Feyenoord
1963 John Barnes, British soccer player
1963 Hans Gilhaus, soccer player, Vitesse
1963 Stanley Menzo, Suriname/Dutch soccer goaltender, Ajax/PSV
1963 Jozsef Kiprich, soccer player, Feyenoord
1963 Sonny Silooy, soccer player, Ajax
1963 Abe Button, soccer player, Vitesse
1963 Michel Boerebach, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente
1963 Telstar soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
1963 Edwin Gorter, soccer player, Lommel/FC Utrecht
1963 Edward Sturing, soccer player, Vitesse
1963 Jos van Eck, Dutch soccer player, Sparta
1963 Jan Willem van Ede, Dutch soccer player, FC Utrecht, PSV
1963 Raimond van der Gouw, Dutch soccer goalie, Vitesse, Manchester
1963 Ronald Koeman, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, PSV, Barcelona, Feyenoord
1963 Arnold Oosterveer, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1963 Harris Huizingh, soccer player, FC Groningen
1963 Frank Wijnhoven, Dutch soccer player, NEC, Treffers
1962 Ejo Elburg, Dutch soccer player, Pax, NEC
1962 John de Wolf, soccer player, Feyenoord
1962 Berry van Aerle, Dutch soccer star, PSV
1962 Arnold Scholten, soccer player, Feyenoord
1962 John Gaasbeek, soccer player, FC Twente/NAC
1962 Wim Kieft, Dutch soccer star, Ajax/Gir de Bordeaux/PSV
1962 Ruud Bread, soccer player, NAC
1962 Frank Rijkaard, Surinam/Dutch soccer star, Ajax, AC Milan
1962 Leon Hutten, soccer player, RKC
1962 Ruud Gullit, Suriname/Dutch soccer star, Feyenoord, PSV, AC Milan
1962 Gertjan Verbeek, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1962 Brazil Beats Czechoslovakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago
1962 Roda JC soccer team reforms in Kerkrade
1962 Andre Wasiman, soccer player, FC Volendam
1962 Maarten de Young, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1962 Johan Steur, soccer player, FC Volendam
1962 Marcel Brands, soccer player, RKC
1962 Hennie Meijer, soccer player, Cambuur L, FC Heerenveen
1961 Hans Segers, soccer goaltender, PSV, Nottingham Forest, Wimbledon
1961 Wilfried Brookhuis, soccer player, NEC
1961 Erwin Koeman, soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen
1961 Danny Blind, Dutch soccer star, Sparta/Ajax
1961 Gijs Steinmann, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
1961 Cor Lems, soccer player, ADO The Hague/Dordrecht '90
1961 Ruud Really, soccer player, Feyenoord
1961 Andrea Carnevale, soccer player, Napoli
1960 Piet Keur, Dutch soccer player/trainer, South Carolina Heerenveen, AZ
1960 Gary Lineker, English soccer player, World Cup 1986
1960 Martin van Yellow, soccer player, Willem II
1960 Diego A Maradona, Argentina/Italy soccer player, World Cup
1960 Ron van de Berg, soccer player, Sparta
1960 Lauren Gregg, born in Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics
1960 Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV
1960 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer
1960 John van Grinsven, soccer player, MVV
1959 Ton Lokhoff, Dutch soccer player, NAC
1959 Edward Metgod, Dutch soccer goalie, Haarlem, Sparta
1959 10 nation soccer league to play all games on New York Randalls Is, announced
1959 Hans Werdekker, Dutch soccer player, Ajax, RKC/Amsterdam Admirals
1959 Michel Valke, Dutch soccer player, Sparta, Dordrecht '90
1959 Rob Delahaye, soccer player, MVV
1959 Romeo Zondervan, Dutch soccer player, NAC
1959 Sammy Lee, British soccer player
1958 Terry Butcher, British soccer player
1958 Joop Hiele, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Go Ahead Eagles
1958 Sammy McIlroy, soccer player
1958 Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm
1958 Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
1958 Bob Bradley, born in Montclair, New Jersey, soccer coach, won Olympic gold 1996
1958 7 soccer players of Manchester United, die in an aircrash at Munich
1957 Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2 cents soccer pool ticket
1957 Glen Hoddle, English soccer ball player, Tottenham
1957 British soccer player Jimmy Greaves' (17) 1st game for Chelsea
1957 Wlodi Smolarek, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1957 Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star, Sparta/PSV
1957 Flevo Boys soccer team forms in Emmeloord
1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy
1957 Gordon Strachan, soccer player
1956 Hans van Breukelen, Dutch soccer goaltender, PSV
1956 Broekster Boys soccer team forms in Damwoude
1956 Davie Cooper, soccer star
1956 1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United
1956 Liam Brady, British soccer player
1955 Andy Gray, English soccer player
1954 Glenn Myernick, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. soccer coach, 1996 Olympics gold
1954 Bennekom soccer team forms in Bennekom
1954 Sammy McIlroy, Irish soccer star
1954 West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern
1954 Trevor Francis, British soccer manager
1954 Soccer team The County froms in Doetinchem
1953 Matthew Harding, businessman/soccer supporter
1953 Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3
1953 Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine soccer player
1953 West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1
1953 DSB soccer team forms in Eindhoven
1952 Gordon McQueen, soccer player
1951 Joe Jordan, Scottish soccer star
1951 Johnny Rep, Dutch soccer player
1951 Bruce Arena, born in Brooklyn, New York, soccer coach, 1996 Olympics gold
1951 Kenny Dalglish, British soccer star, 100+ goals
1951 Phil Neal, English soccer player
1951 Kevin Keegan, British soccer player/manager, Newcastle United
1950 Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro
1950 U.S. beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)
1950 Kenny Dalglish, soccer manager
1949 Shep Messing, Israel, soccer goal tender, New York Cosmos
1948 Trevor Brooking, English soccer player
1948 Tony DiCicco, Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics
1948 Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in Drachten
1947 Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal
1947 Altie Taylor, soccer star
1947 Valleivogels soccer team forms in Scherpenzeel
1947 Andy Roxburgh, soccer manager, Scotland
1947 Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player and coach, Ajax/Barcelona
1947 Eddie Thomson, Australian soccer coach, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1947 Terry Hibbitt, soccer star
1947 Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star, Lazio of Italy, New York Cosmos
1947 Bryan Robson, English international soccer star
1946 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2
1946 Marken soccer team forms
1946 Billy Bonds, British soccer player
1946 Spijkenisse soccer team forms in Spijkenisse
1945 SVBO soccer team forms in Barger-Oosterveld
1945 Dimitar Penev, born in Bulgaria, soccer player/union coach, Lokomotiv/CSKA
1945 Heerjansdam soccer team forms
1945 Sons of Elburger Soccer team forms in Elburg
1945 Venray soccer team forms
1944 Ference Bene, Hungary, record 12 soccer goals 1964 Olympic gold
1944 Amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts
1944 Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen
1944 Willem van Hanegem, Dutch soccer champ/coach, Feyenoord
1943 Martin Peters, British soccer player
1943 Andy Roxburgh, manager soccer team, Scotland
1943 Antal Dunai, born in Hungary, soccer player, 1968 Olympics gold
1943 Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager
1943 Eusebio de Silva Ferreira, Mozamb/Port soccer star, Europa Cup 1 1962
1943 Ferreira da Silva Eusebio, Brazilan International soccer player
1942 Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer trainer
1942 Deurne soccer team forms
1941 Geoff Hurst, cricketer, Essex 1962, better known as soccer immortal
1941 Raul Blanco, Australian soccer asst coach, Olyroos, Olympics-96
1941 Alan Mullery, English soccer player
1941 Harald Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player 1960 Olympics silver
1941 Bobby Keetch, soccer player/entrepreneur
1941 Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star
1940 Edison Pele, Brazil |
