Rules of the Game: The referee alone is authorized to allow an injured player to re-enter the field, whether the ball is in play or not.
Goalkeeper is the only position to be explicitly part of the rules of the game since they were codified in the 19th century.
Soccer was first played as an official Olympic competition in 1908. Great Britain won the Gold that year.
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
The current World Cup trophy will be retired in 2038 when there is no more room for the champion's name.
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