Rules of the Game: during a penalty kick, the players other than the kicker must be inside the field of play but outside the penalty area and at least 9.15 m (10 yds) from the penalty mark.
Tab Ramos was announced as the first player to sign with Major League Soccer in January of 1995.
American Bert Patenaude scored the first hat trick in World Cup history in a 3-0 victory over Paraguay in 1930.
Bora Milutinovic is the only man to coach five World Cups with five different teams: Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Nigeria and China.
Just Fontaine scored 13 goals for France in the 1958 World Cup, the most for an individual in a single tournament.