Rules of the Game: On a soccer field, the two longer boundary lines are called touch lines. The two shorter lines are called goal lines.
FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904.
The mascot for the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico was a sombrero-wearing jalapeno pepper named Pique.
FC Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium has the largest official seating capacity in Europe: 98,787.
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
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