Puzzle 25

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Across
  1. 4. A phenomenon sometimes seen at spectators' side in a packed stadium
  2. 8. America ___, suffered the biggest defeat in international soccer history, 31-0, by Australia
  3. 10. Atlético Madrid’s nickname
  4. 13. Michelle ___, won the FIFA Female Player of the Century award based on votes from FIFA officials, journalists, and coaches
  5. 14. Famous for his iconic "cradling a baby" goal celebration in the 1994 World Cup
  6. 15. The top-level youth championship where academy teams from Serie A and Serie B clubs compete
  7. 16. ___ goal, a goal wrongly awarded despite the ball not having crossed the goal line
  8. 18. A Colombian player shot to death due to his own goal
Down
  1. 1. Match arranged by two teams with no competitive value
  2. 2. Wide defender who plays on the left or right side of the back line
  3. 3. ___ FC, the oldest existing active club
  4. 4. Considered the first black professional soccer player in the world
  5. 5. Air-borne strike
  6. 6. George ___, the first Englishman to manage at a World Cup final
  7. 7. ___ SV, the 1982–83 European Cup champion
  8. 9. Becoming the world's most expensive player in 1999 when he joined Inter Milan
  9. 11. Mark ___, the first African player to score in the Premier League
  10. 12. Royal Dutch Football Association
  11. 13. Sardar ___, has been called the Iranian Messi by mainly British media
  12. 17. Dos a ___, the rivalry between the USA & Mexico in the 2000s