Rules of the Game: A goal cannot be scored directly from a throw-in.
Rules of the Game: The ball is in play at all other times it rebounds from either the referee or an assistant referee when they are on the field of play.
The mascot for the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico was a sombrero-wearing jalapeno pepper named Pique.
The mascot for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany was a lion named Goleo VI. He had a talking soccer ball sidekick named Pille.
England played its first-ever international soccer match on November 30, 1872 against Scotland.