Rules of the Game: During a kick-off, the kicker may not touch the ball a second time until it has touched another player.
Rules of the Game: During a kick-off, the opponents of the team taking the kick-off must be at least 9.15 m (10 yds) from the ball until it is in play.
The rules of the game were first written down in 1863 by the newly formed Football Association in England.
The United States is a member of CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.
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