England's Football Association first legalized professional soccer players in 1885.
Karl-Heinz Korbel, who played for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1972 to 1991, holds the record for Bundesliga appearances with 602.
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
In the early years of of the game, American soccer was dominated by teams from New England, particularly Fall River, New Bedford and Pawtucket.
The US Women have won the prestigious Algarve Cup tournament in Portugal five times as of 2007.
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