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Soccer Worrying The Goalkeeper
It is a soccer foul to harass, interfere with, or obstruct the soccer Goalkeeper by trying to keep him from putting the ball into play (e.g., if an opponent stands directly in front of the Goalkeeper when he is trying to punt the ball). Punishable by a Yellow Card and an indirect kick. (See “Soccer Cards” & “Soccer Fouls“).
Soccer Yellow Card
A serious “caution” in a soccer game. Two in one game & a player is shown a “Red Card” & ejected. (See “Soccer Cards” and “Soccer Rules“).
Soccer Warning
Often a soccer referee will give a soccer player an informal warning before he gives a yellow soccer card. Soccer players should take any warning very seriously because the next time the behavior is repeated a card will probably be given (See “Soccer Cards” & “Soccer Fouls“).
Soccer Serious Foul Play
A soccer player must be given a “red card” & “sent off” for serious foul play. (See “Cards“).
Soccer Send Off
A soccer player must be “sent off” if he receives a “red card”. This means he is made to leave the field and cannot return. In some soccer leagues he may not be replaced & his team must play “one player short”. (See “Cards“).
Soccer Rules
The basic soccer rules are described in these Definitions. See “Advantage Clause“, “Cards”, “Fouls”, “Hand Ball”, “Offside Rule”, “Shoulder Charge”, “Assistant Referee”, “FIFA”, “Corner Kick”, “Free Kick”, “Goal Kick”, “Kick Off”, “Lines“, “Penalty Kick”, “Substitutions” & “Throw-Ins”. Also, see “Rules” and “Safety Rules”, Basic Information & Tips for Beginning Coaches. Soccer rules are revised annually by FIFA. You can visit www.fifa.com. for the latest official soccer rules, which are called the “Laws of The Game”.
Soccer Red Card
Means a soccer player is ejected from the soccer game & may not be replaced (i.e., his team must “play short”). A red card does not have to be preceded by a “Yellow Card”. (See “Cards” and “Rules“).
Soccer Free Kick
When one team is penalized, the other usually gets a “free kick”. There are 2 types of free kicks (direct & indirect) and a special type of Direct Free Kick called a Penalty Kick:
- Direct Free Kick – Where a goal may be scored by kicking the ball directly into the opponent’s goal without anyone else touching it (although it still counts if someone else does touch it).
On Direct & Indirect Free Kicks, defenders must stay away from the kicker (6 yards if U-8, 8 yards if U-10 & 10 yards for U-12 & older) until a player on the kicking team moves the ball, if they don’t they can receive a yellow card. (See “Fouls“, “Hand Ball“, “Cards“, “Offside Rule“, & “Penalty Kick“. Go to www.fifa.com. for more details). The Offside Rule applies on Free Kicks.
Soccer Fouls
There are 2 kinds of soccer fouls, Direct Kick Fouls & Indirect Kick Fouls. (Rules are called “Laws Of The Game” and are changed each year. Go to www.fifa.com. for current rules. See “Cards” for more fouls & penalties):
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Direct Kick Fouls – For which the other team receives a “direct free kick” (meaning a goal can be scored by kicking the ball straight into the goal) or a “penalty kick” (”PK”) if the foul occurs within the Penalty Box (Note: It doesn’t matter whether the ball was in the Penalty Box or not; what matters is where the foul was committed). There are 10 direct kick fouls. The rules say that the referee should call a foul for numbers 1 thru 6 if he believes they are committed in a manner he considers “careless, reckless or using excessive force”:
- kicking or attempting to kick an opponent. Accidentally kicking an opponent while tackling the ball is not a foul unless it was careless, reckless, or there was excessive force. If a player slide tackles from the front, it will be considered at least “dangerous play” (which is an indirect kick foul), or kicking, or tripping, or “unsporting behavior”, even if the ball is contacted, since it would at the least be reckless or dangerous. (See “Cards, Red Card, Serious Foul Play”)
Soccer Dangerous Play
Any action by a soccer player that is unsafe to him or another player, in the judgment of the soccer referee. When contact is made, the referee will consider whether it was “careless, reckless or there was excessive force”. The soccer penalty for some types of dangerous actions such as tripping is a direct kick, but for others such as a high kick the penalty is an indirect free kick. (See “Soccer Fouls” and “Soccer Cards“).