The 90 minute match is divided into two 45 minute halves.

The Ivory Coast national football team earned their nickname when Alain Gouaméné was goalkeeper for the 1992 team that won the African Cup of Nations. During that tournament, he reportedly kept an elephant's tooth in his cleat. As the story goes, a holy man from one of Ivory Coast's traditional religions told Gouaméné the tooth would make him as large as an elephant in goal. He went on to keep a clean sheet for the entire tournament.

Lionel Messi won five FIFA Ballons d'Or, four of which he won consecutively. He was also the first player to win three European Golden Shoes.

Brian Laudrup was named by FIFA as the fifth-best player in the world in 1992 and was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers at the FIFA 100 ceremony in March 2004, alongside his older brother Michael Laudrup.

Kara Lang made her National Team debut on 1 March 2002 at the Algarve Cup in Portugal at age 15.

Brian McBride played eight years with Columbus, scoring 62 goals and 45 assists in 161 league games. In 2011, the Crew honored McBride by naming him the inaugural member of its Circle of Honor.

Ask any Arsenal fan, and they'll tell you they're a "Gooner" for life. The origin of the term is uncertain, although some sources say the name was started by Tottenham fans as an insult, but nevertheless was adopted by Arsenal fans who quite liked it.

Although many worldwide media outlets reported the deal to be worth $250 million, the astronomical figure was soon revealed to be something of a PR stunt engineered by Beckham's media handlers. In the press release, they decided to list the potential sum that Beckham could make over the five-year period from all revenue sources, which in addition to his Galaxy salary also included personal endorsements. Beckham's actual deal with the Galaxy was a five-year contract worth $32.5 million in total or $6.5 million per year.

On December 6, 2015, Portland Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri scored the fastest goal in MLS Cup history, giving Portland a 1-0 lead over the Columbus Crew after just 27 seconds. The Timbers forward punished Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark for trying to control a back-pass, instead of clearing it with his first touch.

The "Roses Rivalry" with Leeds stems from the Wars of the Roses, fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York, with Manchester United representing Lancashire and Leeds representing Yorkshire.