adidas founder Adolf Dassler made his first shoes in 1920, at the age of just 20.
Rules of the Game: The distance between the posts of an official goal is 8 yards (7.32 m) and the distance from the lower edge of the crossbar to the ground is 8 feet (2.44 m).
The most prolific goal-scorer in the North American Soccer League was Italian Giorgio Chinaglia of the New York Cosmos: 242 goals in 254 games.
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.
The United States won the first game in World Cup history when it defeated Belgium 3-0 in 1930.
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