A casual fan’s guide to the basic rules of soccer, from handballs and offside to unfair challenges, substitutions, time wasting, dissent, technical areas, and offensive speech
The basics of gameplay, the clock, stoppage time, extra time, and penalty shootouts
Keepers, Defenders, midfielders, and forwards, plus the numbering system commentators use and how formations work
A beginner-friendly guide to the layout of soccer fields and the terms commentators use to talk about them
How a low-scoring game that can end in a tie has everyone on the edge of their seat