One day, he was just a volunteer bus driver. The next, he was on the field setting goal records. Charlotte's first big soccer star almost never got his shot.
In 1928, Henry Ford tried to build a utopian city deep in the Brazilian rainforest. But he banned playing soccer, and the project failed spectacularly.
Before it became "the world's most famous arena," Madison Square Garden hosted indoor soccer games in the 1940s. It was weirder than you can imagine.
In 1776, while serving in George Washington's Continental Army, a renowned American hero found time to play soccer.
Playing in war-torn Vietnam, narrowly avoiding a terrorist plot on a plane, and getting lost in the Bengali Jungle. Life on the road with the Dallas Tornado in 1967.
Yesterday, historians found the earliest known surviving footage of soccer being played in the US, filmed by a young man who'd go on to win three Academy Awards.
He might just be the most interesting man in the world. How did this American soccer star from the '70s end up logging 120 hours in space?
Before becoming a legendary Hollywood actor and comedian, Robin Williams was a standout soccer player. He even won a college championship.
In 1925, an American player set an unbelievable goalscoring record. One that even the greatest strikers in global soccer history have failed to replicate.
Before they were an NBA team, the Boston Celtics were first making waves as a soccer club as early as 1927.
In May of 1981, an American referee made history, breaking a century of established tradition and bettering the game forever.
In the late 1800s, two siblings made history as the first Black soccer players in America—and they claimed a league title to cement their legacy.
