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The Fastest Goal in Soccer history was scored just over 2 seconds after kick-off.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A 20-month-old baby became the youngest professional soccer player ever, after being signed up by a Belgian club.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Qatar's 2022 World Cup will take more lives than 9/11 due to horrible working conditions for migrant workers building stadiums and infrastructure.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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8 of the 12 host cities for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil are among the 50 most violent cities in the world.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The city of Lusail, host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final game, does not exist yet.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2013, soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo opened a museum dedicated to himself.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The first soccer game televised was a friendly match between Arsenal's first and second team in 1937.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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More than 1 in 20 soccer injuries are caused by celebrating goals on the pitch.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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On average, soccer players run as far as 9.5 miles in a single match.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Argentina's retired soccer player Diego Maradona has his own religion made by his fans.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The word "soccer" originated as aslang abbreviation of the word "association"♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Vatican has its own soccer team.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Ronaldinho's deal with Coca-Cola ended after he was caught sipping a Pepsi in a news conference.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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FIFA has more member countries than the U.N.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The original 2014 World Cup's ball was produced in Pakistan.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The most goals scored in a World Cup's match was 10 by Hungary against El Salvador in 1982.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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When the World Cup was hosted in the U.S. in 1994, they only spent US$30 million on infrastructure improvements. For the 2014 World Cup, Brazil spent US$11 billion.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Famous soccer player Mario Balotelli is an Italian, born to immigrants from Ghana, raised by a Jewish mother.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 1969, El Salvador waged war on Hondurasafter it lost against it in a soccer match.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The British coined the term "Soccer" in the late 1800s, not America.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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German soccer player Mesut Ozil donated his €300,000 World Cup victory bonus to pay surgeries for 23 children in Brazil.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Soccer player Didier Drogba is credited with brokering a cease-fire in his home country of Ivory Coast that brought a five-year civil war to an end.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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When Germany won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, it was the first time as a united country. The three previous times, the soccer World Cup was won by West Germany.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Soccer fans in Italy are called "tifosi", meaning "carriers of typhus", because their fanatism is like a fever.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 1967, the Nigerian Civil War ground to a halt for two days because both sides wanted to watch soccer player Pele in an exhibition match.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A Liverpool fan killed himself when his team was 3-0 down in the 2005 Champions League final's first half. They came back to win the game in the second half.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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After the whistle to start the game, soccer player Lee Todd said "F*ck me, that was loud" and received the fastest red card in history: 2 seconds.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Cristiano Ronaldo funded the education of a 7-year-old survivor of the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. He was found wearing a Portuguese jersey. The boy grew up to be a soccer player and was signed by Sporting Lisbon in 2015.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Henry Kissinger convinced Pele to play soccer in the U.S.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Soccer player Ronaldinho came to media attention at 13 years old when his team won 23-0. He'd scored all 23 goals.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A refereeing decision in a soccer match between Argentina and Peru in 1964 led to a riot in which 300 fans were killed.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Brazilian footballer Carlos Kaiser staged his whole career for 24 years: he could barely kick a ball. In the first training session with every new team, the con man usually suffered a "muscle injury" that would keep him out for an indefinite period.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento, most known as Pelé, was named after Thomas Edison.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Soccer player Pelé has his own day every year in Santos, Brazil. On November 19, Pelé day remembers the date of his 1,000th goal.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created Sherlock Holmes, was a founder and the first goalkeeper of soccer club Portsmouth FC.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The 20 richest soccer clubs, all European, earned 7.4 billion euros in the 2015/16. Sponsorships and merchandise accounted for 43% of it, broadcast rights 39%, and ticket sales 18%.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A record $4.79 billion was spent on 14,591 soccer player deals globally in 2016, according to FIFA. That's about $328,000 per average deal.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Iran women's national soccer team fielded up to 8 men awaiting sex change operations in 2015.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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When Iceland's soccer team reached the quarter-final of the 2016 Euro Cup, 10% of Iceland's population traveled to France for the game.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Australia's National Soccer team is called "The Socceroos."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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After Korean soccer player Ahn Jung-hwan scored the goal to eliminate Italy from the 2002 World Cup, his contract was cancelled by the Italian club he played at for ‘ruining Italian soccer.'♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
