Rules of the Game: A free kick awarded to the defending team inside its own goal area can be taken from any point within the goal area.
Rules of the Game: Within each penalty area, a penalty mark is made 12 yards (11 m) from the midpoint between the goalposts and equidistant to them. An arc of a circle with a radius of 10 yards (9.15 m) from each penalty mark is drawn outside the penalty
Passback has sent out over 151,000 pieces of soccer gear to needy teams and organizations over past 3 ½ years.
The mascots for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany were two boy characters named Tip and Tap.
The mascot for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy was a green, white and red stick figure with a soccer ball head named Ciao.