Yankee Stadium (1923)

===Soccer===
[[Celtic F.C.]] defeated [[New York Yankees (soccer)|New York Yankees]] in the first major soccer game to be played at the Stadium on June 28, 1931. In the coming three decades, a number of games between the Maccabbees - Jewish All-stars from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and American all-stars were played.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/sports/soccer/yankee-stadium-as-its-predecessor-did-opens-its-doors-to-soccer.html Yankee Stadium, Like Its Predecessor, Is a Home to Soccer]</ref> European club exhibitions first came in 1952, when on June 14, [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] drew 1–1 with [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]]. The next day, [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] thrashed [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] 7–1, just a year after United had taken over for Spurs as [[English football champions|champions of England]]. The following year, on June 8, the [[England national football team|English national team]] defeated the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]] 6–3, in a rematch of the [[England v United States (1950)|Miracle on Grass]] match at the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/history/yankeestadium.php?article_id=15877 |title=Yankee Stadium Farewell Part 1: Ballpark has a great soccer legacy |publisher=Big Apple Soccer |date=September 19, 2008 |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216024858/http://bigapplesoccer.com/history/yankeestadium.php?article_id=15877 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Major international clubs returned to the Stadium in 1966, with [[Pelé|Pele's]] [[Santos FC|Santos]] of Brazil beating [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]] 4–1 on June 5. In 1967, [[C.A. Cerro]] of [[Uruguay]] played in the [[United Soccer Association]] during the summer months under the title "[[New York Skyliners]]". They played major games against [[Hibernian F.C.]] of [[Scotland]], renamed "[[Toronto City]]", [[Cagliari F.C.]] of Italy, renamed "[[Chicago Mustangs (1967–68)|Chicago Mustangs]]" and [[Bangu Atlético Clube]] of Brazil, renamed "[[Houston Stars]]". During the same year, the stadium also became home to the [[New York Generals]] of the [[National Professional Soccer League (1967)|National Professional Soccer League]]. Upon the 1968 merger of the United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League, a new league was created known as the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]], where the Generals remained as the New York team. In 1968, in addition to league competition, the Generals took on Santos, winning 5–3 and [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], losing 4–1. That year, Santos also played and beat [[S.S.C. Napoli]] of Italy 4–2 at the Stadium, along with [[S.L. Benfica]] of Portugal, with whom they drew 3–3. The next year, four major international club games were played at the Stadium: [[F.C. Barcelona|Barcelona]] beat [[Juventus F.C|Juventus]] 3–2 on May 30, Inter Milan beat [[Sparta Prague]] 4–0 on June 27 and [[A.C. Milan]] defeated [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]] 4–0 also on June 27. Finally, on June 29, Yankee Stadium hosted its own version of the [[Derby della Madonnina]], with A.C. Milan defeating Inter 6–4. The latter three games that year were all part of a three-day "United States Cup of Champions".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/history/yankeestadium.php?article_id=15889 |title=Yankee Stadium Farewell Part 2: The busy Sixties |publisher=Big Apple Soccer |date=September 20, 2008 |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216024903/http://bigapplesoccer.com/history/yankeestadium.php?article_id=15889 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

On September 15, 1968, the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national soccer team]] played an [[Exhibition game|international friendly]] against the [[Israel national football team|Israel national team]] at the Stadium. It was the first game for the U.S. in 15 months and 10,118 saw Israel and the U.S. draw 3-3.<ref>{{cite web  |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/isra-intres60.html |title=Israel Official Games 1960–1969 |access-date=April 13, 2009 |publisher=Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation }}</ref>

In 1971 and 1976, the [[New York Cosmos (1971–1985)|New York Cosmos]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]] played their home games at Yankee Stadium. During the 1971 season, they also hosted [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] from Scotland, and [[Apollon Kalamarias F.C.|Apollon Kalamarias]] of Greece. In 1976 the team's star attraction was [[Pelé]]. The Brazil native, known as "The King of Football", was considered the best player in the world. Also that year, in Yankee Stadium's final international match on May 28, [[England national football team|England]] defeated [[Italy national football team|Italy]] 3–2 as part of the [[1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament|Bicentennial Cup Tournament]]. Finally, on August 10, 1976, the last soccer game was played at Yankee Stadium, with the Cosmos thrashing the [[Miami Toros]] 8–2. The Cosmos moved to [[Giants Stadium]] for the 1977 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/history/yankeestadium.php?article_id=15934 |title=Yankee Stadium Farewell Part 3: The King makes a home |publisher=Big Apple Soccer |date=September 22, 2008 |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216024908/http://bigapplesoccer.com/history/yankeestadium.php?article_id=15934 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==== International soccer matches ====
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!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}};"|Date
!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}};"|Winning Team
!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}};"|Result
!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}};"|Losing Team
!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}};"|Competition
!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}};"|Attendance
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|style="text-align:center;"|June 28, 1931 ||'''{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]'''||style="text-align:center;"|4-1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[New York Yankees (soccer)|New York Yankees]] ||style="text-align:center;"|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|June 14, 1952 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F. C.|Liverpool]] ||style="text-align:center;"|1-1 || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers]] ||style="text-align:center;"|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|June 15, 1952 ||'''{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]'''||style="text-align:center;"|7-1 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] ||style="text-align:center;"|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|June 8, 1953 ||'''{{fb|ENG}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|6–3|| {{fb|USA}} ||style="text-align:center;"|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|June 5, 1966 ||'''{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]'''||style="text-align:center;"|4–1|| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]] ||style="text-align:center;"|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|June 21, 1968 ||'''{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]'''||style="text-align:center;"|4–2 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] || style="text-align:center;"|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;"|43,002
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|July 12, 1968 ||'''{{flagicon|USA}} [[New York Generals]]'''||style="text-align:center;"|5-3 || {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Santos FC|Santos]] ||style="text-align:center;"|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;"|15,645 
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|August 21, 1968||'''{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''||style="text-align:center;"|4–1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[New York Generals]] ||style="text-align:center;"|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;"|16,520
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|September 1, 1968 || {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Santos FC|Santos]] ||style="text-align:center;"|3-3 || {{flagicon|POR}} [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] ||style="text-align:center;"|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;"|36,904
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|September 15, 1968 || {{fb|USA}} ||style="text-align:center;"|3-3 || {{fb|ISR}} ||style="text-align:center;"|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;"|10,118
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|May 30, 1969 ||'''{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''||style="text-align:center;"|3-2 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] ||style="text-align:center;"|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|June 27, 1969 ||'''{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]'''||style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|4–0 || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Sparta Prague]] ||style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Friendly ||style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|—
|-
| '''{{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''|| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|May 28, 1976 ||'''{{fb|ENG}}'''||style="text-align:center;"|3-2 || {{fb|ITA}} ||style="text-align:center;"|[[1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament|Bicentennial Cup Tournament]] ||style="text-align:center;"|40,650
|}