Eigil Nielsen, the founder of Select, designed the first laceless soccer ball.
Rules of the Game: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a teammate.
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Columbus Crew Stadium, opened in 1999, was the first major soccer specific stadium in the U.S..
Substitutions were allowed for the first time in the 1970 World Cup.