Rules of the Game: A match may not start if either team consists of fewer than seven players.
As of December, 2007, FIFA has 208 member associations -which is 16 more than the United Nations.
The first non-European nation to join FIFA was South Africa in 1909.
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
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.
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