Rules of the Game: The captain of a team has no special status or privileges under the FIFA Laws of the Game but he has a degree of responsibility for the behavior of his team.
Rules of the Game: During penalty kicks to determine the winner of a match, the goalkeeper who is the teammate of the kicker must remain on the field of play, outside the penalty area in which the kicks are being taken, and on the goal line where it meets
FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904.
The first non-European nation to join FIFA was South Africa in 1909.
The United States has won the Gold Cup four times, including three of the last four titles.