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.
CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Footbal, was founded in 1961 and has 40 member associations.
The CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup, first held in 1963, has been won seven times by Mexico and four times by the USA.
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
Just Fontaine scored 13 goals for France in the 1958 World Cup, the most for an individual in a single tournament.