In 1982, England's Aston Villa soccer team won the English & European Cup championships in Nike's first shoe developed specifically for soccer.
Milan Baros of the Czech Republic was wearing Nike Vapors as he found the net five times to become the top scorer at Euro 2004.
The first soccer game based on English FA rules in the United States took place between Rutgers University and Princeton University on Novermber 6, 1869.
The team sponsored by Bethlehem Steel won four out of the first six US Open Cup tournaments- 1915, '16, '18 and '19.
The first international soccer game was played in Glasgow, Scotland in 1872.