| In any team sports there are numerous fouls that | | | | play. An easier way to put that would be someone |
| you can draw. Some of them are major and some | | | | tripped somebody who did not have the ball. Indirect |
| are small. In the sport of soccer, the small ones are | | | | kicks have to be touched by two players on the |
| often called with a warning. If these fouls continue by | | | | same team before they can score. When a team is |
| the same player then they will be given a yellow card | | | | rewarded a free kick they have a player that |
| and the major fouls are followed usually by a red | | | | touches the ball and the other player shoots the ball. |
| card. All of this can be avoided by playing with good | | | | Direct Kick |
| sportsmanship of course but just for reference; here | | | | This is when a player involved in the play gets fouled. |
| are the different penalties and soccer fouls that you | | | | Direct kicks do not need to touch two players. They |
| will encounter. | | | | can shoot it directly at the goal. |
| Yellow Cards | | | | Penalty Kicks |
| These are the most severe warnings before you are | | | | Penalty kicks are when players are fouled in the 18 |
| out of a game. Typically, they are given out for | | | | yard box. Penalty kicks are usually followed by a |
| continuous rough playing, talking back or any other | | | | yellow card, if not a red card. Because these kicks |
| bad sportsmanship on the field such as kicking the ball | | | | are usually a goal, they are rarely given out. A lot of |
| out of bounds when the whistle has been blown. | | | | time the refs are sensitive and do not call fouls as |
| Red Card | | | | often in the 18 yard line box. Another way that a |
| This means ejection. If you receive a red card your | | | | penalty kick can be given would be a trip when a |
| team will be down a man for the rest of the game | | | | player has a break away. |
| and you will not be allowed to play in the following | | | | All of these penalties can be avoided a couple of |
| game. This is the most serious call. A lot of times it | | | | ways. Just play friendly and offer apologies. If you |
| comes from fighting, unnecessary roughness, spitting, | | | | trip a player on accident, you should offer him an |
| swearing. A lot of red cards come from getting two | | | | apologize and help him get up. If you show that you |
| yellow cards in one game. In this situation, you are | | | | are truly sorry, the ref will not need to warn you. At |
| allowed to keep all eleven players but you are | | | | the end of the game you should thank the coaches |
| ejected. | | | | and refs. You will have the same refs at different |
| Indirect Kicks | | | | games and after a while you build reputation with |
| These are penalties awarded to a team when the | | | | them. If it is a good one, you will often get fewer |
| game has been stopped because of a foul out of the | | | | cards. |