Passback has sent out over 151,000 pieces of soccer gear to needy teams and organizations over past 3 ½ years.
The mascot for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany was a lion named Goleo VI. He had a talking soccer ball sidekick named Pille.
On a regulation size field, the edge of the penalty box is 18 yards from the goal line.
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
The U.S. Women's National Team's top two career goal scorers, Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly, were teammates at the University of North Carolina.