The mascot for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain was an orange named Naranjito.
The CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup, first held in 1963, has been won seven times by Mexico and four times by the USA.
In the early years of of the game, American soccer was dominated by teams from New England, particularly Fall River, New Bedford and Pawtucket.
The United States won the first game in World Cup history when it defeated Belgium 3-0 in 1930.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.
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