actor; soccer playerBorn: 4/20/1967Birthplace: South Orange, N.J. A regular on the television show Melrose Place (1992–1998), Shue graduated from Dartmouth College in 1989 and spent a year teaching…
Name at birth: Josmer Altidore Jozy Altidore was only 16 years old when he played his first Major League Soccer game with the New York Red Bulls at age 16 in 2006. His youth, speed, and goal-scoring…
Name at birth: Mariel Margaret HammMia Hamm was the best-known American soccer player of the 1990s. She became the youngest woman ever to make the U.S. national team when she joined the squad at age…
(Encyclopedia) handball, team, or field handball, team court game. Despite its status as an Olympic sport, the game is virtually unknown in the United States. Originated in central Europe in the…
(Encyclopedia) SolnaSolnasōlˈnä [key], city (1995 pop. 54,160), Stockholm co., E Sweden, an industrial suburb of Stockholm. Manufactures include machinery, electrical goods, paper, and chocolate. It…
Name at birth: Hope Amelia SoloHope Solo is the fiery and athletic goalkeeper who led the U.S. National Soccer team to a second-place finish in the Women's World Cup in 2011 and to the World Cup…
By age 24 Landon Donovan had played in two World Cups, won three Major League Soccer titles, and had three times been named the U.S. player of the year. A speedy striker with a scorer's flair around…
