At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, 124 nations were equipped by adidas.
Rules of the Game: For FIFA matches, the ball should weigh not more than 450 g (16 oz) and not less than 410 g (14 oz) at the start of the match.
The youngest player to score in the German Bundesliga was Nuri Sahin of Borussia Dortmund (16 years and 335 days) in 2005.
The first appearance of organized women's soccer in the US may have been in 1922, when a team sponsored by English company Dick, Kerr toured the country -and beat several top men's teams.
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.