| Soccer fields will be rectangular in shape with soccer | | | | indirect free kick. |
| goals at both sides. The basic soccer rules are simple. | | | | Direct free kick: awarded to fouled team following |
| Soccer game is played with your feet; if you use | | | | certain listed "penal" fouls. |
| your hands the other team gets a free kick or a | | | | Penalty kick: awarded to the fouled team following a |
| penalty kick if it occurs near the goal. If a foul occurs | | | | foul usually punishable by a direct free kick but that |
| accidentally a free kick is granted to the opposing | | | | has occurred within their opponent's penalty area. |
| team, but if the attack was targeted and/or willful, a | | | | Dropped-ball: occurs when the referee has stopped |
| yellow card is given for misconduct. Misconduct can | | | | play for any other reason, such as a serious injury to |
| be called whether or not the ball is in play. | | | | a player, interference by an external party, or a ball |
| The winner is decided by measuring his efficiency in | | | | becoming defective. This restart is uncommon in adult |
| preventing the Soccer Ball from entering into the | | | | games. |
| opponents side's Soccer Goals. | | | | There are always competitions held for international |
| Here are a few reasons to stop the clock in a soccer | | | | and domestic soccer game. The major international |
| game: | | | | competition in soccer is the World Cup, organized by |
| Time is stopped between a goal scored and the next | | | | FIFA. This competition takes place over a four-year |
| team's kick-off. Any time one team gives up the | | | | period. More than 190 national teams compete in |
| soccer ball to the other, whether an out-of-bounds, | | | | qualifying tournaments within the scope of continental |
| hand ball or a foul, time is stopped until the other | | | | confederations for a place in the finals. The finals |
| team re-initiates play. | | | | tournament, which is held every four years, involves |
| The referee stops time if there is an injured player, | | | | 32 national teams competing over a four-week |
| interference, or other external interruption. In this | | | | period. |
| case, the referee will drop the ball from shoulder | | | | The governing bodies in each country operate league |
| height in front of two players who will fight for | | | | systems in a domestic season, normally comprising |
| possession. | | | | several divisions, in which the teams gain points |
| Some of the terms used in game of Soccer are: | | | | throughout the season depending on results. Teams |
| Kick-off: following a goal by the opposing team, or to | | | | are placed into tables, placing them in order according |
| begin each period of play. | | | | to points accrued. Most commonly, each team plays |
| Throw-in: when the ball has wholly crossed the | | | | every other team in its league at home and away in |
| touchline; awarded to opposing team to that which | | | | each season, in a round-robin tourname. The majority |
| last touched the ball. | | | | of countries supplement the league system with one |
| Goal kick: when the soccer balls has wholly crossed | | | | or more "cup" competitions. These are organized on |
| the goal line without a goal having been scored and | | | | a knock-out basis, the winner of each match |
| having last been touched by a player of the attacking | | | | proceeding to the next round; the loser takes no |
| team; awarded to defending team. | | | | further part in the competition. |
| Corner kick: when the ball has wholly crossed the | | | | The rules of football were codified in England by the |
| goal line without a goal having been scored and | | | | Football Association in 1863, and the name association |
| having last been touched by a player of the | | | | football was coined to distinguish the game from the |
| defending team; awarded to attacking team. | | | | other forms of football played at the time, specifically |
| Indirect free kick: awarded to the opposing team | | | | rugby football. The term soccer originated in England, |
| following "non-penal" fouls, certain technical | | | | first appearing in the 1880s as a slang abbreviation of |
| infringements, or when play is stopped to caution or | | | | the word "association", often credited to former |
| send-off an opponent without a specific foul having | | | | England captain Charles Wreford-Brown. |
| occurred. A goal may not be scored directly from an | | | | |