Rules of the Game: Any of the other players may change places with the goalkeeper provided that the referee is informed before the change is made and the change is made during a stoppage in the match.
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.
UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) was founded in Switzerland in 1954 and has 53 members.
CONMEBOL, the South American Football Confederation, was founded in 1916 and has 10 member associations.
Landon Donovan is the only four-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year award, which is given by sports media to the best player on the US Men's National Team.