The mascot for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany was a lion named Goleo VI. He had a talking soccer ball sidekick named Pille.
The Copa del Rey, an annual cup tournament in Spain involving more than 80 teams, was first played in 1902.
Of the 16 members of the USA's first World Cup team in 1930, five were born in Scotland and one in England.
More than 90,000 people filled the Rose Bowl to watch the United States defeat China in the 1999 Women's World Cup final.
199,854 people filled Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro to watch the 1950 World Cup final between Brazil and Uruguay.
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