Rules of the Game: In the event that the game ball should burst or fail somehow during the run of play, the referee will immediately stop the match until the game can be resumed by calling for a drop ball at the spot of the failure with a fresh ball.
Attendance for the 1950 World Cup Final at Maracana Stadium in Brazil was an amazing 199,500!
The 1934 and 1990 World Cups were held in Italy.
Landon Donovan is the only four-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year award, which is given by sports media to the best player on the US Men's National Team.
England played its first-ever international soccer match on November 30, 1872 against Scotland.