German midfielder Lothar Matthäus, a Puma athlete, captained Germany to victory at the 1990 World Cup. He was also voted “European Footballer of the Year”, “World Footballer of the Year”, and “World Sportsman of the Year” .
Did you know a goal is three times as wide as it is tall?.
In 1994, Detroit’s Pontiac Silverdome was the first-ever indoor stadium to be used in the World Cup.
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.
Bora Milutinovic is the only man to coach five World Cups with five different teams: Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Nigeria and China.