Rules of the Game: The captain of a team has no special status or privileges under the FIFA Laws of the Game but he has a degree of responsibility for the behavior of his team.
The mascot for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA was a dog character named Striker.
Attendance for the 1950 World Cup Final at Maracana Stadium in Brazil was an amazing 199,500!
Landon Donovan is the only four-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year award, which is given by sports media to the best player on the US Men's National Team.
Columbus Crew Stadium, opened in 1999, was the first major soccer specific stadium in the U.S..