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
As of December, 2007, FIFA has 208 member associations -which is 16 more than the United Nations.
U.S. Men’s National Team played their first ever game in 1916 vs. Sweden in Stockholm.
Tab Ramos was announced as the first player to sign with Major League Soccer in January of 1995.
American Bert Patenaude scored the first hat trick in World Cup history in a 3-0 victory over Paraguay in 1930.
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