Rules of the Game: According to FIFA, a goal may be scored directly from the kick-off.
Rules of the Game: Any of the other players may change places with the goalkeeper provided that the referee is informed before the change is made and the change is made during a stoppage in the match.
Soccer was first played as an official Olympic competition in 1908. Great Britain won the Gold that year.
Bora Milutinovic is the only man to coach five World Cups with five different teams: Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Nigeria and China.
The United States Women's national team played its first-ever international soccer match on August 18, 1985 against Italy near Venice.
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