Rules of the Game: For FIFA matches, if a substitute enters the field of play without the referee’s permission, play is stopped, the substitute is cautioned, shown the yellow card and required to leave the field of play. Play is restarted with a dropped b
Each FIFA World Cup since 1966 has its own mascot, starting with World Cup Willie (a lion).
The first non-European nation to join FIFA was South Africa in 1909.
The U.S. Women's National Team went 51 games without a loss between 2004 and 2007.
America's best performance in the World Cup since 1930 came in 2002, when the Yanks made it to the quarterfinals.