UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) was founded in Switzerland in 1954 and has 53 members.
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
The team sponsored by Bethlehem Steel won four out of the first six US Open Cup tournaments- 1915, '16, '18 and '19.
The Netherlands' Ernie Brandt is the only man to score a goal for both teams in a World Cup game, accomplishing the feat in 1978.
The US Women have won the prestigious Algarve Cup tournament in Portugal five times as of 2007.