The Passback program provides used but playable soccer gear to needy teams and organizations around the world and here at home.
The mascot for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy was a green, white and red stick figure with a soccer ball head named Ciao.
In 1994, Detroit’s Pontiac Silverdome was the first-ever indoor stadium to be used in the World Cup.
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
England played its first-ever international soccer match on November 30, 1872 against Scotland.