Rules of the Game: The referee alone is authorized to allow an injured player to re-enter the field, whether the ball is in play or not.
UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) was founded in Switzerland in 1954 and has 53 members.
The Oceania Football Confederation consists of New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and nine other Pacific island nations.
On a regulation size field, the edge of the penalty box is 18 yards from the goal line.
The first appearance of organized women's soccer in the US may have been in 1922, when a team sponsored by English company Dick, Kerr toured the country -and beat several top men's teams.