Rules of the Game: The player making a throw-in may not touch the ball again until it has touched another player.
Rules of the Game: During a kick-off, the kicker may not touch the ball a second time until it has touched another player.
The mascot for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy was a green, white and red stick figure with a soccer ball head named Ciao.
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.
England played its first-ever international soccer match on November 30, 1872 against Scotland.