Soccer has its roots in ancient games like Cuju, which was popular in China around 400 BC.
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
Italy's famous 82,955-seat San Siro stadium is home to both AC Milan and Inter Milan. The two team's played each other in the ground's first game in 1926.
Of the 16 members of the USA's first World Cup team in 1930, five were born in Scotland and one in England.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.