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.
The mascot for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina was a boy character named Gauchito.
CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Footbal, was founded in 1961 and has 40 member associations.
American Bert Patenaude scored the first hat trick in World Cup history in a 3-0 victory over Paraguay in 1930.
Substitutions were allowed for the first time in the 1970 World Cup.
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