Rules of the Game: The corner arc is a quarter circle drawn inside the field of play with a radius of 1 yard (1 m) from each corner flag post.
The rules of the game were first written down in 1863 by the newly formed Football Association in England.
Soccer was first played as an official Olympic competition in 1908. Great Britain won the Gold that year.
FC Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium has the largest official seating capacity in Europe: 98,787.
In the first US Open Cup Final, played in 1914, Brooklyn Field Club defeated Brooklyn Celtic, 2-1.