Rules of the Game: The ball is in play at all other times it rebounds from either the referee or an assistant referee when they are on the field of play.
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
Unlike the Olympics, FIFA recognizes the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland- as separate entities.
The first soccer game based on English FA rules in the United States took place between Rutgers University and Princeton University on Novermber 6, 1869.
Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane have both been named FIFA World Player of the Year three times.
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