Rules of the Game: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a teammate.
Rules of the Game: On a soccer field, the two longer boundary lines are called touch lines. The two shorter lines are called goal lines.
Rules of the Game: The ball is in play at all other times, including when it rebounds from a goalpost, crossbar or corner flag post and remains in the field of play.
The oldest soccer club in the world is England's Sheffield FC, founded in 1857.
The first soccer game based on English FA rules in the United States took place between Rutgers University and Princeton University on Novermber 6, 1869.
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