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 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina was a boy character named Gauchito.
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 Oceania Football Confederation consists of New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and nine other Pacific island nations.
In the early years of of the game, American soccer was dominated by teams from New England, particularly Fall River, New Bedford and Pawtucket.