Rules of the Game: Goalposts and crossbar must have the same width and depth, which cannot exceed five inches (12 cm).
Rules of the Game: The distance between the posts of an official goal is 8 yards (7.32 m) and the distance from the lower edge of the crossbar to the ground is 8 feet (2.44 m).
Soccer was first played as an official Olympic competition in 1908. Great Britain won the Gold that year.
The first appearance of organized women's soccer in the US may have been in 1922, when a team sponsored by English company Dick, Kerr toured the country -and beat several top men's teams.
Landon Donovan is the only four-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year award, which is given by sports media to the best player on the US Men's National Team.
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