Rules of the Game: During penalty kicks to determine the winner of a match, all players, except the player taking the kick and the two goalkeepers, must remain within the center circle.
FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904.
The mascot for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico was a boy character named Jaunito.
Landon Donovan is the only four-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year award, which is given by sports media to the best player on the US Men's National Team.
Bora Milutinovic is the only man to coach five World Cups with five different teams: Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Nigeria and China.