Thirteen Goals in One Tournament

France's Just Fontaine scored 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup, a single-tournament record that has stood for more than sixty years. He reportedly played the tournament in borrowed boots after his own fell apart.

Equal Pay Took a Lawsuit

In 2022 the United States women's team reached a settlement with U.S. Soccer worth $24 million, followed by a collective agreement that equalised pay with the men's team and split World Cup prize money between them. It was the first arrangement of its kind in the world.