In 2000, Puma-sponsored Cameroon won the African Cup of Nations. Six months later, they won their country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in Sydney.
Rules of the Game: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with his hands before releasing it from his possession.
The first recorded women's soccer game took place on March 23, 1895.
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
The first soccer game based on English FA rules in the United States took place between Rutgers University and Princeton University on Novermber 6, 1869.
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