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.
Rules of the Game: Within each penalty area, a penalty mark is made 12 yards (11 m) from the midpoint between the goalposts and equidistant to them. An arc of a circle with a radius of 10 yards (9.15 m) from each penalty mark is drawn outside the penalty
The University of Virginia won four consecutive NCAA Div 1 men's soccer titles from 1991 to 1994.
America's best performance in the World Cup since 1930 came in 2002, when the Yanks made it to the quarterfinals.
The United States Women's national team played its first-ever international soccer match on August 18, 1985 against Italy near Venice.