Rules of the Game: The player making a throw-in may not touch the ball again until it has touched another player.
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 first appearance of organized women's soccer in the US may have been in 1922, when a team sponsored by English company Dick, Kerr toured the country -and beat several top men's teams.
Columbus Crew Stadium, which opened in 1999, was the first stadium in the US built specifically for a MLS team. It has a seating capacity of 22,500.
The Houston Dynamo edged the New England Revolution in the MLS Cup in both 2006 and 2007.
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