Rules of the Game: For FIFA matches, if a substitute enters the field of play without the referee’s permission, play is stopped, the substitute is cautioned, shown the yellow card and required to leave the field of play. Play is restarted with a dropped b
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 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 soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
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.