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Steven T
@steve1t.bsky.social
Media Communications/Operations; Football (Soccer) & Futsal Historian; ANCCIF President. Opinions are my own.
#OnThisDay in 1967 – Leonardo Salas scored game-winner for hosts #AlianzaFC as it secured a berth to Concacaf Champions’ Cup Final by defeating 4-time #USOpenCup winner #PhiladelphiaUkrainianNationals, 1:0, in 2nd leg (3:1 agg) at #ElSalvador's Estadio Flor Blanca. (📸- Samuel Martell)
November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#OnThisDay in 1982 – #Suriname’s #SVRobinhood earned its 2nd ever draw on Mexican soil during the Concacaf Champions’ Cup after a 0:0 stalemate #PumasUNAM in 1st leg final held at Estadio Municipal de Querétaro.
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#InterestingFact: #PhiladelphiaUkrainianNationals (📸) had previously qualified the Concacaf Champions Cup in 1964. 3-time #AmericanSoccerLeague Champion advanced to the Confederation tournament’s 3rd Round but without playing a single game. Check out details: shorturl.at/mB6h8
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
…#DidYouKnow? – Argentinean native Ismael Ferreyra (📸) was the player-coach during #PhiladelphiaUkrainianNationals’ appearance at ’67 Concacaf Champions Cup. Ferreyra & #AlianzaFC’s Mario Monge (📸) had played together in Canada’s National Soccer League in 1962.
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#OnThisDay in 1967 – Mario Flores scored twice for hosts #AlianzaFC’s 2:1 win over #PhiladelphiaUkrainianNationals in 1st leg of Concacaf Champions Cup Semifinal Playoff at #ElSalvador’s Estadio Flor Blanca. (📸s Courtesy – Samuel Martell) Luis Pasache tallied for 4-time #USOpenCup champion.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#OnThisDay in 1991 – Hugo Aparecido, Efrén Herrera & Octavio Mora scored for Universidad de Guadalajara’s #LeonesNegrosCF as it defeated hosts #BrooklynItaliansSC, 3:0, in 1st leg of Concacaf’s Cup Winners Cup 1st Round before 2,500 fans at Mount Vernon’s Memorial Stadium.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Congrats to @lehmancollege.bsky.social men’s soccer team for capturing its 6th CUNYAC Championship in history today & advanced to the #NCAA D3 Tournament after defeating CCNY, 1:0, in the final. 👏
#CUNYCHAMPS
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
#DidYouKnow? #HRCKickers (📸1), #DallasRockets (📸2), #SanFranciscoBayBlackhawks (📸3) & #SeattleSounders (📸4) are also among U.S. clubs that won their respective 1st games at Concacaf Champions Cup. Check out more details: shorturl.at/mB6h8
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#DidYouKnow? #NYHungariaSC (📸1), #RochesterLancers (📸2), #NYPancyprianFreedoms (📸3) & #StLouisBuschSeniors (📸4) are among U.S. clubs that won their respective 1st games at Concacaf Champions Cup. Check out more details: shorturl.at/mB6h8
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#OnThisDay in 1987 – Juan Antonio Luna & Antonio Carlos Santos scored for the hosts @clubamerica.bsky.social as it captured its 2nd Concacaf Champions’ Cup after defeating #DefenceForceFC of #TrinidadandTobago, 2:0, in the 2nd leg final (3:1 agg) at #EstadioAzteca. (📸s Courtesy – Erik Lugo)
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#OnThisDay in 1974 – José Emilio Mitrovich scored twice for hosts #CSDMunicipal as it won the Concacaf Champions Cup after defeating #SVTransvaal, 2:1, in 2nd leg final (4:2 agg) at #Guatemala’s Estadio Mateo Flores. Roy Vanenburg tallied for the Suriname club.
October 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#OnThisDay in 1975 – Hosts #México shared the #PanamericanGames Men's Soccer Gold Medal w/ #Brazil after a 1:1 tie in OT during the final at #EstadioAzteca. Héctor Tapia scored for the home side, while Claudio Adao notched the equalizer. Game abandoned in 108th minute due to floodlight failure.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#OnThisDay in 1979 – Hosts #Australia defeated the #NewYorkCosmos, 2:1, in a friendly, before a crowd of 60,000, at Sydney Showground. Jimmy Rooney & Tony Henderson scored for #Socceroos, while Giorgio Chinaglia tallied for the Cosmos.
October 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
#OnThisDay in 1974 – Julio Cesar Anderson & Raul Washington Benitez scored for hosts #CSDMunicipal as it defeated #SVTransvaal, 2:1, in 1st leg of Concacaf Champions’ Cup Final at #Guatemala’s Estadio Mateo Flores. Roy Vanenburg tallied for the Suriname club.
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
#OnThisDay in 1977 – Javier Guzmán scored twice as hosts #México won its 3rd Concacaf Championship & qualified for ’78 #FIFAWorldCup in Argentina after finishing 1st in final group w/a 3:1 victory against #Canada at Monterrey’s Universitario Stadium.
October 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#OnThisDay in 1987 – #DefenceForceFC held visiting @clubamerica.bsky.social to a 1:1 draw in 1st leg of Concacaf Champions Cup Final at #TrinidadandTobago’s Skinner Park. Russell Sutton's tally gave the hosts the lead before Juan Antonio Luna notched the equalizer.
October 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#OnThisDay in 1971 – Hosts #CruzAzul was awarded a 2:0 (forfeit) victory in 2nd leg (2:0 agg.) after #ElizabethSC withdrew from Concacaf Champions Cup 1st Round. Check out the complete story from @footballheritage.bsky.social on why #NewJersey club did not play the 2nd game: shorturl.at/mrSkr
October 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#OnThisDay in 1990 – Eduardo Dos Santos notched the game-winner as @clubamerica.bsky.social defeated hosts #HRCKickers, 1:0, in Concacaf Champions’ Cup 2nd Round at Tampa’s Pepin Rood Stadium. Physical game between Águilas &’89 #USOpenCup champion had a total of 4 YCs & 2 RCs.
October 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#OnThisDay in 1982 – Norberto Outes’ pk tally, just before halftime, gave @clubamerica.bsky.social a 1:0 victory against #NewYorkCosmos, in a friendly, at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Cosmos finished w/ 9 players after Roberto Cabañas & Giorgio Chinaglia were sent off in 2nd stanza.
October 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#OnThisDay in 2003 – Paulo Da Silva & Vicente Sánchez scored for the hosts @tolucafc.bsky.social as it captured its 2nd Concacaf Champions’ Cup (1st since ’68) after defeating Club Atlético Morelia, 2:1, in 2nd leg final (5:4 agg.), before 18,000 fans, at Estadio Nemesio Díez.
October 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
…U.S.- #Guatemala scoreless tie also qualified #CostaRica to its 1st #FIFAWorldCup (Italy ’90).
October 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#OnThisDay in 1989 – U.S. played to a scoreless draw w/ host #Guatemala during final round of Concacaf World Cup Qualifying, before 8,000 fans, at Guatemala City’s Mateo Flores Stadium (now Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores). …
October 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#OnThisDay in 1969 – Juan Ramón Martínez scored the game-winner for #ElSalvador as it qualified to its 1st #FIFAWorldCup (Mexico ’70) after defeating #Haiti, 1:0 in OT, during Concacaf Playoff Game, before 6,742 fans, at #Jamaica’s National Stadium.
October 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#OnThisDay in 1968 – Felipe Ruvalcaba, Juan Dosal, Amaury Epaminondas scored for @tolucafc.bsky.social’s 3:2 win over hosts #NYGreekAmericanAA in 2nd leg (7:3 agg) of Concacaf Champions Cup 2nd Round at Downing Stadium in Randall's Island. Victor Jurisenvic & John Kosmides tallied for NY club
October 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
…Also on that day in 1992, Germán Martellotto had 2 goals to lead @clubamerica.bsky.social to a 7:0 win over #SVRobinhood of #Suriname in Concacaf Champions’ Cup Semifinals at #México’s Estadio Corregidora.
October 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM