Rules of the Game: During penalty kicks to determine the winner of a match, the goalkeeper who is the teammate of the kicker must remain on the field of play, outside the penalty area in which the kicks are being taken, and on the goal line where it meets
England's Football Association first legalized professional soccer players in 1885.
Spain's La Liga had its first season in 1928.
The first African nation to qualify for the World Cup was Egypt in 1934. The second was Morocco in 1970.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.
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