The rules of soccer are pretty simple.
Players wear shirts, shorts, cleated shoes, and sometimes shin guards tucked inside their socks.
The soccer ball is usually made of rubber or leather. A soccer game begins with one team kicking off. Play continues constantly, stopping if the ball goes out of bounds, a foul is committed, or a goal is scored. In most competitions, the game is 90 minutes long, played in two halves. Most U.S. interscholastic games play 15 minute quarters.