The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
The most prolific goal-scorer in the North American Soccer League was Italian Giorgio Chinaglia of the New York Cosmos: 242 goals in 254 games.
The University of Virginia won four consecutive NCAA Div 1 men's soccer titles from 1991 to 1994.
Briana Scurry has 77 career shutouts with the U.S. Women's National Team.
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.