Rules of the Game: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with his hands before releasing it from his possession.
The mascot for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA was a dog character named Striker.
The first non-European nation to join FIFA was South Africa in 1909.
FIFA is made of of six confederations: AFC, CAF, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, OFC and UEFA.
The oldest soccer club in the world is England's Sheffield FC, founded in 1857.