For a fee of $35, Nike’s Swoosh trademark was created in 1971 by a graphic design student named Carolyn Davidson whom company founder Phil Knight had met at Portland State University.
The mascots for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany were two boy characters named Tip and Tap.
The African Cup of Nations, the main international football competition in Africa, was first held in 1957.
The Oceania Football Confederation consists of New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and nine other Pacific island nations.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.
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