The mascot for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain was an orange named Naranjito.
The Guinness Book of Records recognizes Sandygate Road stadium in Crosspool, Sheffield, England in as the Oldest Ground in the World. It has been home to Hallam FC since 1860.
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
More than 90,000 people filled the Rose Bowl to watch the United States defeat China in the 1999 Women's World Cup final.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.