Rules of the Game: The referee alone is authorized to allow an injured player to re-enter the field, whether the ball is in play or not.
Rules of the Game: For FIFA matches, the ball should have a circumference of not more than 70 cm (28 ins) and not less than 68 cm (27 ins).
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.
Mexican goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal played in five consecutive World Cups (1950-66).
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.
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