The FA Cup in England is the world's oldest soccer competition, having first taken place in 1871.
The first recorded women's soccer game took place on March 23, 1895.
The mascot for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA was a dog character named Striker.
The University of Virginia won four consecutive NCAA Div 1 men's soccer titles from 1991 to 1994.
The first appearance of organized women's soccer in the US may have been in 1922, when a team sponsored by English company Dick, Kerr toured the country -and beat several top men's teams.