What Are the FIFA Soccer Rules?
soccer image by Snezana Skundric from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a06/dr/0e/fifa-soccer-rules_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Players running on a soccer field Soccer, known as football outside of the United States, is a popular pastime the world over. Official rules for the game are laid out by an organization known as the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA. FIFA’s soccer rules, known as the Laws of the Game, serve as the blueprint for soccer games worldwide. These rules are often modified in order to keep up with soccer trends. Field FIFA’s official rules state that soccer matches can be held on either natural or artificial turf. If the turf is artificial, it must be green. The field needs to be a rectangular shape and feature boundary lines along the perimeter; the longer lines are touch lines, while the shorter lines are goal lines. The field also needs a halfway li
