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).
In the early years of of the game, American soccer was dominated by teams from New England, particularly Fall River, New Bedford and Pawtucket.
The team sponsored by Bethlehem Steel won four out of the first six US Open Cup tournaments- 1915, '16, '18 and '19.
Of the 16 members of the USA's first World Cup team in 1930, five were born in Scotland and one in England.
Manchester City has the largest pitch of any club in the English Premier League: 116 x 77 yards.