Rules of the Game: According to FIFA, a goal may be scored directly from the kick-off.
Attendance for the 1950 World Cup Final at Maracana Stadium in Brazil was an amazing 199,500!
In the early years of of the game, American soccer was dominated by teams from New England, particularly Fall River, New Bedford and Pawtucket.
More than 90,000 people filled the Rose Bowl to watch the United States defeat China in the 1999 Women's World Cup final.
Substitutions were allowed for the first time in the 1970 World Cup.