Rules of the Game: The referee indicates an indirect free kick by raising his arm above his head. He maintains his arm in that position until the kick has been taken and the ball has touched another player or goes out of play.
Rules of the Game: The distance between the posts of an official goal is 8 yards (7.32 m) and the distance from the lower edge of the crossbar to the ground is 8 feet (2.44 m).
England's Football Association first legalized professional soccer players in 1885.
The first African nation to qualify for the World Cup was Egypt in 1934. The second was Morocco in 1970.
The first international soccer game was played in Glasgow, Scotland in 1872.
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