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"El Pibe de Oro" ("The Golden Boy") = Diego Maradona Argentina [206] "Hulk" = Givanildo Vieira De Souza Brazil [207] "Kaká" = Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite Brazil; Claudiano Bezerra da Silva Brazil; David Leonel Faleiro Brazil; Ferreira Guimarães Brazil; Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Batista Portugal "La Pulga" (The Flea) = Lionel Messi ...
The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a private, non-profit institution established in 1979 that honors soccer achievements in the United States. Induction into the hall is widely considered the highest honor in American soccer.
The following tables include various statistics for players on the United States men's national soccer team (featuring all caps, goals, assists and goalkeeper wins and shutouts) from the team's first match in 1916 through the January 22, 2025 game against Costa Rica.
Pelé is the only player to have his number retired when the team put his #10 out of circulation in 1977 Franz Beckenbauer with Argentine Diego Maradona in 1980 Giorgio Chinaglia, Cosmos' all-time leading scorer Charlie Aitken, seen in 2006 Ron Atanasio, pictured in 2010 with Cosmos memorabilia Carlos Alberto Torres had two tenures on the Cosmos, 1977–80, and 1982 Mordechai Spiegler, right ...
By nickname "Ain'ts*" – New Orleans Saints, NFL; rhyming play on the non-standard English negative ain't [30] "America's Team" – Dallas Cowboys, by sports media [31] "B.I.L.L.S.*" – Buffalo Bills, by detractors, acronyms for "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls", in reference to the team's failure to win the Super Bowl in four straight tries during the early 1990s [32]
In 2023, the family of five made a big move, jumping the Atlantic and settling in Miami, after the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner signed a contract with Inter Miami, the Major League Soccer team ...
The Football League 100 Legends is a list of 100 great association football players who played part or all of their professional career in English Football League and Premier League football. [1] The players were selected in 1998 by a panel of journalists, including veteran reporter Bryon Butler , and the list was intended to reflect the League ...
The name was influenced by the book The Land Beneath White Wings (1977) by famous Belarusian writer Uladzimir Karatkievich. [4] Belgium: De Rode Duivels Les Diables Rouges Die Roten Teufel The Red Devils: In 1906, the Belgium national team players received the nickname Red Devils because of their red jersey. [4] Belgium (Women) The Red Flames [7]