Rules of the Game: A goalkeeper must wear colors that distinguish him or her from the other players, the referee and the assistant referees.
Rules of the Game: According to FIFA, goalposts and crossbars must always be painted white.
The first recorded women's soccer game took place on March 23, 1895.
The first appearance of organized women's soccer in the US may have been in 1922, when a team sponsored by English company Dick, Kerr toured the country -and beat several top men's teams.
Of the 16 members of the USA's first World Cup team in 1930, five were born in Scotland and one in England.