The 2009 UEFA Champions League final drew 109 million viewers.
How about the 2009 Superbowl? 106 million. The UEFA Champions League final is now considered to be the highest rated televised annual sporting event.
The largest ever attendance for a soccer match was 199,854 people. The game? Brazil vs. Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup at the Maracana Municipal Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The interesting soccer fact of the week returns after it’s absence last week, so to make up for it, today we have TWO interesting soccer facts of the week!!!
1) Since FIFA (soccer’s governing body) began voting in 1991 on who is the best player in the world and awarding it’s FIFA World Player of the [...]
Hi All!
Sorry for the complete lack of posts lately. I had a friend from out of town come in for the weekend, and I had fully intended to have a full weekend recap after he left on Sunday. However, I have succumbed to a rather nasty illness and the idea of sitting up at my [...]
It has come to my attention that a good number of Soccer is Futbol readers don’t regularly follow the sport, and some don’t even know a thing about the great game!
So, in light of this, I bring a new segment for all to enjoy: The Interesting Soccer Fact of the Week!!
Some of you may know [...]
