The Copa Mundial, the world’s best-selling soccer boot, was introduced in 1982.
Giovane Elber (Bayern Munich) holds the Bundsliga record for the fastest goal - 11 seconds!
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.
Bora Milutinovic is the only man to coach five World Cups with five different teams: Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Nigeria and China.