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Soccer Cards
There are 2 colors of soccer cards which the referee will hold up to indicate serious soccer fouls or behavior which won’t be tolerated. He carries these cards in his shirt pocket, so if he reaches for his pocket it’s a bad sign for the player who committed the soccer foul. These cards are about the size of a playing card and one is yellow and the other is red. When a card is to be given (it isn’t actually given to the offending player, it is actually just shown to him and to everyone else) the referee will stop the socce game, call the player over, hold up the card and write the player’s name in his notebook. This is called booking the player and when it happens the player has been “booked”, (e.g., “she was booked”). Any time a Yellow or Red Card is shown, a “direct” or “indirect kick” will also be awarded. (See “Fouls“, “Deck” & “Booking“).
Soccer Advantage Clause
A clause in the soccer rules that gives the Referee the discretion to allow play to continue even after a soccer foul has been committed if stopping play would unfairly punish the fouled soccer team (e.g., if the fouled team had a breakaway & might score even after having been fouled). The idea is that the soccer team which committed the foul should not gain an advantage as a result of the soccer foul. (See “Fouls“).