The mascot for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy was a green, white and red stick figure with a soccer ball head named Ciao.
Giovane Elber (Bayern Munich) holds the Bundsliga record for the fastest goal - 11 seconds!
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
Mexican goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal played in five consecutive World Cups (1950-66).
Columbus Crew Stadium, which opened in 1999, was the first stadium in the US built specifically for a MLS team. It has a seating capacity of 22,500.
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