Rules of the Game: Goalposts and crossbar must have the same width and depth, which cannot exceed five inches (12 cm).
Goalkeeper is the only position to be explicitly part of the rules of the game since they were codified in the 19th century.
The United States joined FIFA in 1913.
The mascots for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan were futuristic, computer-generated creatures named Ato, Kaz and Nik.
The US Women have won the prestigious Algarve Cup tournament in Portugal five times as of 2007.