Rules of the Game: During penalty kicks to determine the winner of a match, all players, except the player taking the kick and the two goalkeepers, must remain within the center circle.
Rules of the Game: Goalposts and crossbar must have the same width and depth, which cannot exceed five inches (12 cm).
Passback sent out 38,977 pieces of soccer gear to needy teams and organizations from 7/1/06 – 6/30/07.
Goalkeeper is the only position to be explicitly part of the rules of the game since they were codified in the 19th century.
The US Women have won the prestigious Algarve Cup tournament in Portugal five times as of 2007.