At the 1954 World Cup, adidas founder Adi Dassler adapted the shoes of the German national team to the ground conditions with his revolutionary screw-in studs. Germany won the tournament.
The mascot for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico was a boy character named Jaunito.
Columbus Crew Stadium, which opened in 1999, was the first stadium in the US built specifically for a MLS team. It has a seating capacity of 22,500.
The current World Cup trophy will be retired in 2038 when there is no more room for the champion's name.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.
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