While wearing Puma boots, South Korea’s Jung Hwan Ahn shocked the soccer world by eliminating Italy with a “Golden Goal” to secure a place for the host country in the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup.
Rules of the Game: During a kick-off, the opponents of the team taking the kick-off must be at least 9.15 m (10 yds) from the ball until it is in play.
Rules of the Game: According to FIFA, a goal may be scored directly from the kick-off.
The oldest soccer club in the world is England's Sheffield FC, founded in 1857.
Substitutions were allowed for the first time in the 1970 World Cup.