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.
Rules of the Game: During a kick-off, the kicker may not touch the ball a second time until it has touched another player.
The Oneida Football Club was the first soccer club in America and was formed in 1862.
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.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.