Rules of the Game: According to FIFA, a goal may be scored directly from the kick-off.
Soccer was first played as an official Olympic competition in 1908. Great Britain won the Gold that year.
In the early years of of the game, American soccer was dominated by teams from New England, particularly Fall River, New Bedford and Pawtucket.
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.
Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane have both been named FIFA World Player of the Year three times.
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