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: The referee indicates an indirect free kick by raising his arm above his head. He maintains his arm in that position until the kick has been taken and the ball has touched another player or goes out of play.
Rules of the Game: Any of the other players may change places with the goalkeeper provided that the referee is informed before the change is made and the change is made during a stoppage in the match.
Rules of the Game: On a soccer field, the two longer boundary lines are called touch lines. The two shorter lines are called goal lines.
The mascot for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France was a cockerel (or rooster) named Footix.
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