Rules of the Game: The captain of a team has no special status or privileges under the FIFA Laws of the Game but he has a degree of responsibility for the behavior of his team.
Rules of the Game: A free kick awarded to the defending team inside its own goal area can be taken from any point within the goal area.
CONMEBOL, the South American Football Confederation, was founded in 1916 and has 10 member associations.
The U.S. Women's National Team's top two career goal scorers, Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly, were teammates at the University of North Carolina.
Substitutions were allowed for the first time in the 1970 World Cup.