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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 Ted Drake, soccer star, dies at 82

1995 Davie Cooper, David 'Davie' Cooper, professional soccer player, signed by Ranger for 100,000 pounds, won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991, 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 captain (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 loss 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 Freddy Adu, born in Tema, Ghana, athlete, soccer phenomenon, played for D.C. United, Real Salt Lake

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 hours

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, Netherlands

1977 Hayden Foxe, Australian soccer defender, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics

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, 1996 Olympics

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, 1996 Olympics

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, 1996 Olympics

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, 1996 Olympics

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, 1996 Olympics

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, 1996 Olympics

1974 Toine Rorije, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles

1974 Ante Moric, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics

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, 1996 Olympics

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, 1996 Olympics

1973 Dick van Burik, soccer player, Ajax/NAC

1973 Frank Juric, Australian soccer goalie, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics

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, Pennsylvania, soccer forward, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics

1973 Kevin Muscat, Australian soccer defender, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics

1973 Peter Tsekenis, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics

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, 1996 Olympics

1973 Joe Spiteri, Australian soccer striker, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics

1973 Michel Traveller, soccer player, Ajax

1973 Mark Babic, Australian soccer defender, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics

1973 Ross Aloisi, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics

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, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics

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, born in Cork, Ireland, soccer player, midfielder, manager of Ipswich Town, an English Championship club, represented Republic of Ireland in 1994 World Cup and 2002 World Cup

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 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 U.S. 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 L.A. Wolves beat Washington Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer Association 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, born in West Ham, London, athlete, soccer player, commentator, critical player at 1990 World Cup with England, manager, Blue Square Premier League

1964 Ab Plugboer, soccer player, FC Utrecht

1964 April Heinrichs, born in Littleton, Colorado, 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 Ian Rush, born in St. Asaph, Wales, soccer player, footballer, striker, played with Liverpool FC, Welsh national football team

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 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, born in Hamilton, Scotland, David 'Davie' Cooper, professional soccer player, signed by Ranger for 100,000 pounds, won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991

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, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football

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, born in Kilbirnie, Scotland, footballer, soccer player, central defender, coach, played for Manchester United and Leeds, led team to win FA Cup Final, 1979, coached Airdrieonians, manager for Middleborough, pundit for Sky Sports

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, 1996 Olympics

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 Rodney Marsh, born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, athlete, footballer, striker, player for Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers, Tampa Bay Rowdies, coached the New York United team in the American Soccer League

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 John Mackin, born in Bellshill, Scotland, soccer player, footballer, manager, Corby Town

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, 1996 Olympics

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, soccer player extraordinaire, New York Cosmos

1940 RKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk

1940 Urk soccer team forms

1940 Soccer team HZVV forms in Hoogeveen

1940 Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer

1940 Albert Johanneson, soccer star

1940 Theo Laseroms, The Tank, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord

1940 Denis Law, British soccer player

1940 Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player

1939 Alan Rothenberg, U.S. Soccer President, 1990-

1939 ACV soccer team forms in Axes

1939 Katwijk soccer team forms

1939 Deszo Nowak, born in Hungary, soccer player, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics

1939 Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide

1938 Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Netherlands-Germany

1938 Les Scheinflug, Australian soccer asst coach, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics

1938 Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris

1938 English soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3

1938 Lindenheuvel soccer team forms

1938 Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer star

1937 Bobby Charlton, English soccer player

1935 Jock Wallace, soccer star/manager

1935 Jack Charlton, soccer manager, Rep of Ireland

1935 Brian Clough, soccer manager

1934 Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome

1934 AFC '34 soccer team forms in Alkmaar

1934 Soccer team Blue White '34 forms

1934 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer

1934 Flemming Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player 1960 Olympics silver

1933 Soccer team STEVO forms in Geesteren

1933 Soccer team DVS '33 forms

1933 Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal

1933 Noordwijk soccer team forms

1933 Bobby Robson, British soccer coach, PSV

1932 Ijsselmeervogels soccer team forms in Spakenburg

1932 Lunteren soccer team forms in Lunteren

1932 Kozakken Boys soccer team forms in Werkendam forms

1932 De Bataven soccer team forms in Gendt

1931 Spakenburg soccer team forms

1931 Rozenburg soccer team forms in Rozenburg

1931 Johnny Nicholss, soccer star

1930 South Carolina Genemuiden soccer team forms

1930 Soccer team WHC forms

1930 Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's 1st World Cup in Montevideo

1930 SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland

1930 1st-ever soccer World Cup competition began in Uruguay

1930 VVGZ soccer team forms in Zwijndrecht

1930 Alphense Boys soccer team forms in Alphen on Rhine

1930 David Sexton, soccer manager

1930 Babberich-H soccer team forms

1930 Ronsburgse Boys soccer team forms

1930 Capelle soccer team forms

1929 Lev Jasjin, Russian soccer player, goalie

1928 Eastern Soccer League forms in U.S.

1928 Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms

1928 Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss

1928 Netherlands and Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam)

1927 Don Revie, English soccer coach, Leeds, National team

1927 WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout

1927 VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk

1927 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer

1927 Sid O'Linn, cricketer, soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960

1927 Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam

1927 Panningen soccer team forms in Panningen

1927 ARC soccer team forms in Alphen on the Rhine

1926 Soccer team DOS Struggle forms

1926 Baronie soccer team forms in Breda, Netherlands

1926 Geldrop soccer team forms

1926 Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren

1926 Barendrecht soccer team forms

1926 Danny Blanchflower, British soccer player

1925 BV Emmen soccer team forms

1924 Jackie Milburn, English soccer star, Newcastle United

1924 Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1

1924 Billy W. William Ambrose right, soccer star

1924 Billy Wright, English soccer player

1924 Soccer team VSV Tonido forms in Voorburg

1923 Servaas "Faas" Wilkes, Dutch soccer star, Xerxes/Fortuna/Inter Milan

1922 George Young, soccer star

1922 Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2

1922 Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0

1922 Tom Finney, British soccer star

1922 Neil Franklin, soccer star

1921 Gunnar Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player 1948 Olympics gold

1921 HSC '21 soccer team forms in Haaksbergen

1921 American Soccer League forms

1921 Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player

1921 Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms

1920 Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star

1920 Harry Potts, soccer star/manager

1920 Soccer team Quick '20 forms

1920 Papendrecht soccer team forms

1920 Heerenveen soccer team forms

1920 De Zweef soccer team forms in Nijverdal

1920 Knut Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player 1948 Olympics gold

1920 RKSV Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam

1920 Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk

1920 LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg

1920 Willie Watson, cricketer, England batsman and soccer international

1920 Soccer team Quick Boys forms

1920 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star, Bordeaux

1919 Treffers soccer team forms in Groesbeek

1919 Scheveningen soccer team forms in Scheveningen

1919 Appingedam soccer team forms

1919 FVC soccer team forms

1919 Johnny Carey, soccer star

1919 Bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool

1919 Dutch Soccer team OSV forms

1918 Harold Sheperdson, soccer trainer

1918 Excelsior Maassluis soccer team forms in Maassluis

1918 Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen

1918 Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms

1917 Henry Carlsson, Sweden, soccer 1948 Olympics gold

1917 EHC soccer team forms in Hoensbroek, Netherlands

1917 Utrecht soccer team Holland forms

1917 Leeuwen soccer team forms

1917 Bertil Nordahl, born in Sweden, soccer player 1948 Olympics gold

1916 Leo Horn, Dutch soccer referee/columnist/businessman

1915 Stanley Matthews, 1st British soccer player to be knighted

1914 Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade

1914 R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket and soccer, dies

1914 UVS Soccer team forms in Lead

1913 Raich Carter, soccer star

1913 Silvio Piola, soccer star

1913 Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands

1913 Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England

1912 Soccer team NAC (Noad Advendo Combination) forms in Breda

1912 Ted Drake, soccer star

1912 RBC soccer team forms in Roosendaal

1912 Stormvogels soccer team forms in Ijmuiden

1912 Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms

1912 VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden

1911 Evert H. "Bep" Bakhuys, Dutch soccer star and writer

1910 Soccer team KFC forms in Alkmaar

1910 PEC soccer team forms in Zwolle

1910 South Carolina Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede

1910 DHC soccer team forms in Delft, Netherlands

1910 George H Poyser, English soccer player/manager, Brentford

1909 EVV Eindhoven soccer team forms

1909 Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach, Manchester United

1908 Feyenoord soccer team forms in Rotterdam

1908 Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert, Netherlands

1906 Bep Bakhuis, Dutch soccer star/writer

1905 England Pilgrim Association beats All New York 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds

1905 2nd official International soccer match, Netherlands beats Belgium 4-0

1905 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4)

1905 Hague soccer team ADO froms

1904 Soccer team Rheden forms

1904 Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris

1903 AVC Heracles (South Carolina Heracles '74) soccer team forms in Almelo

1903 VVV '03 Soccer team forms in Venlo

1902 Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer

1902 Utrecht soccer team UVV forms

1902 Excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam

1902 Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms

1902 Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25

1902 Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht

1901 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) and Netherlands (0)

1900 Roermond soccer team forms in Roermond

1900 Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam

1900 SCNEC soccer team forms

1898 Dutch soccer team Receiver forms

1897 Ad van Emmenes, Dutch soccer reporter

1896 Willem II soccer team forms in Tilburg

1895 Stanley Rous, British soccer official

1895 Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms

1894 Soccer team Achilles '94 forms in Axes

1894 Soccer team Veendam 1894 forms

1892 Vitesse 1892 soccer team forms in Arnhem

1889 Soccer team HFC Haarlem forms

1888 Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam

1887 Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen

1886 Andrew Ducat, cricketer, Test for England 1921, 3 and 2, Soccer International

1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set

1883 J M M "Mick" Commaille, cricketer, dual South African cricket/soccer rep

1876 Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0)

1872 1st International soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow)

1869 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4)

1863 Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game

1863 Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer

1857 World's 1st soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in England


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