Boston Rovers

Boston Rovers were a United States soccer team that competed in the United Soccer Association league in 1967. The team was based in Lynn, Massachusetts and played their home games at the Manning Bowl. The USA league was actually made up of visiting club teams from Europe and South America. The Boston Rovers were made up of players from League of Ireland side Shamrock Rovers, plus some guests. Together with Cleveland Stokers, Detroit Cougars, New York Skyliners, Toronto City and Washington Whips, Rovers competed in the "Eastern Division". These teams were actually Stoke City, Glentoran, C.A. Cerro, Hibernian and Aberdeen respectively.

Rovers finished bottom of the "Eastern Division" and did not qualify for the play-off stages. The 1968 season saw the United Soccer Association merge with the National Professional Soccer League to form the North American Soccer League and Rovers were renamed the Boston Beacons with a new set of players and new home ground.

Year-by-year

elected Players

Coach

* Liam Tuohy

External links

* [http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dulyjs/strikers/nasl/bos1.html Boston Rovers stats]
* [http://home.att.net/~nasl/rosters/beacons.htm List of Boston Rovers players]