Rules of the Game: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a teammate.
UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) was founded in Switzerland in 1954 and has 53 members.
The National Soccer Hall of Fame is located in Oneonta, New York.
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
Bora Milutinovic is the only man to coach five World Cups with five different teams: Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Nigeria and China.