Rules of the Game: The player making a throw-in may not touch the ball again until it has touched another player.
Rules of the Game: During a kick-off, the kicker may not touch the ball a second time until it has touched another player.
Rules of the Game: The center mark of a field is indicated at the midpoint of the halfway line. A circle with a radius of 9.15 m (10 yds) is marked around it.
Of the 16 members of the USA's first World Cup team in 1930, five were born in Scotland and one in England.
Columbus Crew Stadium, opened in 1999, was the first major soccer specific stadium in the U.S..