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 rules of the game were first written down in 1863 by the newly formed Football Association in England.
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 oldest soccer club in the world is England's Sheffield FC, founded in 1857.
The United States won the first game in World Cup history when it defeated Belgium 3-0 in 1930.
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