The Copa Mundial, the world’s best-selling soccer boot, was introduced in 1982.
Soccer has its roots in ancient games like Cuju, which was popular in China around 400 BC.
Spain's La Liga had its first season in 1928.
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.