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 1970 and 1986 World Cups were held in Mexico.
The first appearance of organized women's soccer in the US may have been in 1922, when a team sponsored by English company Dick, Kerr toured the country -and beat several top men's teams.
The name soccer comes from association football, which is the sport's formal name.
The United States Women's national team played its first-ever international soccer match on August 18, 1985 against Italy near Venice.