Rules of the Game: A goal cannot be scored directly from a throw-in.
CONMEBOL, the South American Football Confederation, was founded in 1916 and has 10 member associations.
The first African nation to qualify for the World Cup was Egypt in 1934. The second was Morocco in 1970.
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.
America's best performance in the World Cup since 1930 came in 2002, when the Yanks made it to the quarterfinals.
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