It has been a year of celebration and controversy in world soccer, with the U.S. winning the largest and most competitive Women's World Cup in history while FIFA, the sport's world governing body, was embroiled in chaos after the U.S. Justice Department unsealed 41 indictments against high-ranking soccer and sports marketing officials.
Here's a look at some of the key events of the last year and what to look forward to in 2016.
U.S. women win World Cup
Carli Lloyd's first-half hat trick lifted the U.