Rules of the Game: during a penalty kick, the players other than the kicker must be inside the field of play but outside the penalty area and at least 9.15 m (10 yds) from the penalty mark.
The mascot for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina was a boy character named Gauchito.
U.S. Men’s National Team played their first ever game in 1916 vs. Sweden in Stockholm.
In the first US Open Cup Final, played in 1914, Brooklyn Field Club defeated Brooklyn Celtic, 2-1.
The United States has never won a World Cup game on European soil.