Rules of the Game: The captain of a team has no special status or privileges under the FIFA Laws of the Game but he has a degree of responsibility for the behavior of his team.
Rules of the Game: Goalposts and crossbar must have the same width and depth, which cannot exceed five inches (12 cm).
The United States is a member of CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.
The most prolific goal-scorer in the North American Soccer League was Italian Giorgio Chinaglia of the New York Cosmos: 242 goals in 254 games.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.
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