World Cup
This country has won the most World Cups, with a total of 5.
What is Brazil?
This organization was founded in Paris in 1904, governs and establishes the rules for international play, and hosts the World Cup every 4 years.
What is FIFA?
This team is the current MLS Cup Champion
What is the Seattle Sounders?
After both teams won huge comebacks in their semi final games to make it to the 2019 Champions League finals, this team beat the Spurs 2-0 to notch their 6th CL Trophy and become the current Champions
What is Liverpool FC?
These two countries were in the finals of the 2018 World Cup
What is France and Croatia?
In 2007, FIFA first tested a technology to track the movement of the ball relative to the goal, by putting a microchip into the ball and sensors in the goal. A similar but controversial system is now utilized is many top leagues and is known as
What is VAR?
This MLS club always has a variety of celebrities attending their games, and is also the most successful MLS club with 5 titles
What is the LA Galaxy?
This player leads the Champions League all time goals scored list with a whopping 128 goals.
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
This country won the 2014 World Cup after an extra time goal from a 22 year old substitute named Mario Gotze.
What is Germany?
In England, soccer matches did not have this until 1881, they simply relied on good sportsmanship.
What are referees?
The MLS inaugural season had 10 teams and was won by DC United, and started this year
What is 1996?
Only 22 clubs have won the tournament since it began in 1955, but this club has by far the most Champions League wins with 13
What is Real Madrid?
This Brazillian superstar (voted Player of the Century in 1999) started playing professionally at age 16, played in his first World Cup at 17 (notching 6 goals to help Brazil win its first World Cup), and is the only player to win 3 World Cups.
Who is Pele?
This country hosted the first World Cup in 1930 with a total of 12 other teams.
What is Uruguay?
After nearly being relegated the previous season and facing 5000 to 1 odds of winning the EPL in 2015-16, this team won the league to become one of only 6 teams to win the league since 1992.
What is Leicester City FC?
The MLS Cup in 2010 was won 2-1 after Macoumba Kandji tore his ACL trying to chip the ball into goal, which forced an FC Dallas defender to try and make an acrobatic clearance, that ended in him scoring an own goal in Extra Time. This was the first and is the only MLS Cup that this team has won
What is the Colorado Rapids?
At the start of the tournament, 79 teams will be training and competing to be a part of this many teams that make it into the qualifying group stage.
What is 32?
Christiano Ronaldo started his career at this club before signing with Manchester United in 2003.
What is Sporting CP (Club Portugal)?
Before 1863, handling the ball was allowed in soccer. When the London Football Association finally created standardized rules in 1863, handling the ball was no longer allowed. The sport that was created to allow handling due to this adaptation is known as?
What is Rugby?
For the first 3 years of the MLS, rather than utilize the popular Penalty Shootout method to determine the winners of the game, they tried to use this
What are 1v1 breakaway shootouts?
This Spanish GK has the most CL appearances at 177 (8 above CR7, for now) playing for Real Madrid (150 apps) and Porto (27 apps) between 1999-2019
Who is Iker Casillas?
This player won Player of the Year 4 times, and the Ballon D'or once, and is now the manager at Real Madrid. As a player he most famously known for using his head, especially when he was sent off in the 110' minute of the 2006 World Cup final after headbutting an Italian player in the chest.
Who is Zinedine Zidane?