Rules of the Game: According to FIFA, a goal may be scored directly from the kick-off.
Uruguay beat Argentina to win the first World Cup in 1930 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people.
The mascot for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany was a lion named Goleo VI. He had a talking soccer ball sidekick named Pille.
The CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup, first held in 1963, has been won seven times by Mexico and four times by the USA.
England played its first-ever international soccer match on November 30, 1872 against Scotland.