For a fee of $35, Nike’s Swoosh trademark was created in 1971 by a graphic design student named Carolyn Davidson whom company founder Phil Knight had met at Portland State University.
Rules of the Game: During penalty kicks to determine the winner of a match, all players, except the player taking the kick and the two goalkeepers, must remain within the center circle.
The U.S. Governing body for the sport did not have soccer in its name until 1945, when it became the U.S. Soccer Football Association.
UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) was founded in Switzerland in 1954 and has 53 members.
Italy's famous 82,955-seat San Siro stadium is home to both AC Milan and Inter Milan. The two team's played each other in the ground's first game in 1926.