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.
The mascots for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan were futuristic, computer-generated creatures named Ato, Kaz and Nik.
The United States is a member of CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.
The 1970 World Cup was the first to be televised in color.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.