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Barack Obama grew up playing soccer in Indonesia. He also stopped a pivotal G8 Summit at Camp David to watch the Champions League Final.
During the height of the Cold War, America and the USSR settled things in the only way they knew how: a high-stakes indoor soccer match.
From beating England ahead of the '66 World Cup, to earning a Super Bowl ring with the Cowboys, this obscure athlete conquered both types of football.
In 2015, Ronaldo was set to feature in a Scorsese film... until the famous director gave him $22M to NOT appear.
Back in 1963, Donald Trump played varsity soccer for one year. This week, we uncover what his season looked like and whether he was any good.
In 1914, two teams in the American Cup were engaged in a deadlock for over a month. Despite a slew of games to break the draw, they just couldn't find a winner.
The Times They Are A-Changin'. Bob Dylan's 1978 trip to the Netherlands altered the course of a mythical soccer stadium forever.
On his first overseas trip as president, Jimmy Carter shocked British soccer fans. Newcastle United and the whole city remember him fondly to this day.
In 1914, British and German troops famously stopped fighting to play soccer on Christmas Day. The world first got to know the story thanks to American journalists.
A century ago, the American soccer landscape was on the verge of making a radical decision. This is the story of the war to eliminate penalty kicks entirely.
A soccer website was the primary way for spies to trade nuclear secrets with the US and discreetly communicate in the Middle East. Then, it all came crashing down.
It featured the United States back in 1885. That year, New Jersey became part of world soccer history when it hosted the first-ever international match outside the UK.
