FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904.
Unlike the Olympics, FIFA recognizes the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland- as separate entities.
The Final of the 1994 World Cup was played in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
The first soccer game based on English FA rules in the United States took place between Rutgers University and Princeton University on Novermber 6, 1869.
In the early years of of the game, American soccer was dominated by teams from New England, particularly Fall River, New Bedford and Pawtucket.
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