History Quote by Karch Kiraly

We need more of our players to follow the trend and move to Europe, which is the biggest stage in world football, but we're…

— Park Ji-sung

The more people who come from abroad who played soccer and are brought up playing it and watching it, then come over to America…

— Claudio Reyna

Soccer must play a socio-cultural role. We reach 1.6 billion people, thanks to the positive emotions that soccer triggers, FIFA is more influential than…

— Pope Francis

Over the last 10-15 years, you've seen soccer finally start to grow at a fast pace, start to get the recognition it deserves, and…

— Claudio Reyna

Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a…

— Serge Schmemann

Our country has been through some difficult moments recently in terms of its unity. But sport can unite.

— Gareth Southgate

As long as the human race is able to concern itself with more than mere survival, soccer will have its place.

— Desmond Morris

I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the sports in…

— Claudio Reyna

It's hard to have a good career in soccer, especially women's soccer.

— Jessica Andrade

And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that…

— Parminder Nagra

In a way players at the top should try to promote the game in their own countries as that is the legacy that makes…

— Viswanathan Anand

I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field.…

— Landon Donovan