Rules of the Game: A goalkeeper must wear colors that distinguish him or her from the other players, the referee and the assistant referees.
Rules of the Game: The ball is in play at all other times it rebounds from either the referee or an assistant referee when they are on the field of play.
Columbus Crew Stadium, opened in 1999, was the first major soccer specific stadium in the U.S..
The name soccer comes from association football, which is the sport's formal name.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.
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