While wearing Puma boots, South Korea’s Jung Hwan Ahn shocked the soccer world by eliminating Italy with a “Golden Goal” to secure a place for the host country in the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup.
The mascot for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina was a boy character named Gauchito.
The United States Women's national team played its first-ever international soccer match on August 18, 1985 against Italy near Venice.
London's new Wembley Stadium contains 2618 toilets, more than any other building in the world.
Manchester City has the largest pitch of any club in the English Premier League: 116 x 77 yards.