Rules of the Game: According to FIFA, a goal may be scored directly from the kick-off.
Rules of the Game: Any of the other players may change places with the goalkeeper provided that the referee is informed before the change is made and the change is made during a stoppage in the match.
Rules of the Game: All field marking lines should not be more than 12 cm (5 inches) wide.
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.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.