random facts that live in my head rent free and help me sleep better at night
the 2015 women鈥檚 world cup had a higher top speed than the 2010 and 2018 men鈥檚 world cups (Krieger 34.7 km/h vs. Hernandez 32.15 km/h and Ronaldo/Rebic 34 km/h)
the 2019 uswnt home kit is the best selling jersey (men鈥檚 or women鈥檚) ever on nike.com within a single season
the 1999 women鈥檚 world cup final had an attendance of聽90,185 while the 2018 men鈥檚 world cup final had a live audience of聽78,011
Christiane Endler had the most sponsors (11) of any player in France 2019 and surpassed players like Lionel Messi (6), Luis Suarez (6), and James Rodriguez (5) in Russia 2018
there are currently seven women (Sinclair, Wambach, Hamm, Lilly, Prinz, Lloyd, and Fleeting) who have more international goals than Ali Daei who is the top international male scorer聽
Kristine Lilly is the all-time highest international capped player with 354 caps while Christine Sinclair聽is currently the most capped active player with 296 caps
Formiga is the oldest goal scorer in champions league history (male or female) at 41 years old
male footballers stay down for 30 more seconds on average after a foul compared to female footballers
random facts that live in my head rent free and help me sleep better at night
the 2015 women鈥檚 world cup had a higher top speed than the 2010 and 2018 men鈥檚 world cups (Krieger 34.7 km/h vs. Hernandez 32.15 km/h and Ronaldo/Rebic 34 km/h)
the 2019 uswnt home kit is the best selling jersey (men鈥檚 or women鈥檚) ever on nike.com within a single season
the 1999 women鈥檚 world cup final had an attendance of聽90,185 while the 2018 men鈥檚 world cup final had a live audience of聽78,011
Christiane Endler had the most sponsors (11) of any player in France 2019 and surpassed players like Lionel Messi (6), Luis Suarez (6), and James Rodriguez (5) in Russia 2018
there are currently seven women (Sinclair, Wambach, Hamm, Lilly, Prinz, Lloyd, and Fleeting) who have more international goals than Ali Daei who is the top international male scorer聽
Kristine Lilly is the all-time highest international capped player with 354 caps while Christine Sinclair聽is currently the most capped active player with 296 caps
Formiga is the oldest goal scorer in champions league history (male or female) at 41 years old
male footballers stay down for 30 more seconds on average after a foul compared to female footballers