The Passback program provides used but playable soccer gear to needy teams and organizations around the world and here at home.
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.
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
Unlike the Olympics, FIFA recognizes the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland- as separate entities.
The National Soccer Hall of Fame is located in Oneonta, New York.
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