Rules of the Game: For FIFA matches, the ball should have a circumference of not more than 70 cm (28 ins) and not less than 68 cm (27 ins).
The first soccer league in the United States was the American Football Association, which existed from 1884-88.
Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane have both been named FIFA World Player of the Year three times.
Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane have both been named FIFA World Player of the Year three times.
The United States played its first-ever official international soccer match on August 20, 1916 against Sweden in Stockholm.