Rules of the Game: During penalty kicks to determine the winner of a match, each kick is taken by a different player and all eligible players must take a kick before any player can take a second kick.
The U.S. Governing body for the sport did not have soccer in its name until 1945, when it became the U.S. Soccer Football Association.
The name soccer comes from association football, which is the sport's formal name.
Australia beat American Samoa 31-0 in a 2001 World Cup Qualifying match.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.
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