The King of Pop embraced soccer long before it was cool. From Fulham to OGC Nice, his love for underdog clubs left a quiet but powerful legacy.
In 1977, the heir to the Frito-Lay potato chip empire decided to put a pro soccer team in Hawaii. The result was an absolute disaster.
Before reaching the Oval Office, George Bush was slotting in goals all over New England. Yes, really...
She captivated audiences on the silver screen, in magazines, and on billboards. But not many people know she had a cannon for a right foot.
How much would you sacrifice for your club? One iconic player publicly put his body and mind on the line to save a beloved soccer team from folding.
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?
