{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/sports-soccer-rules-terms",
 "id": "sports-soccer-rules-terms",
 "title": "Soccer Rules and Terms",
 "category": "health-life",
 "subject": "Sports",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12",
  "adult"
 ],
 "description": "Positions, fouls, restarts and key words in soccer (football).",
 "tags": [
  "soccer",
  "football",
  "sports rules"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Term",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Players per team on the field",
   "11, including the goalkeeper"
  ],
  [
   "Match length (professional)",
   "Two halves of 45 minutes"
  ],
  [
   "Goalkeeper",
   "The player who guards the goal and may use hands inside the penalty area"
  ],
  [
   "Defender",
   "A player who stops the other team from scoring"
  ],
  [
   "Midfielder",
   "A player who links defense and attack"
  ],
  [
   "Forward (striker)",
   "A player whose main job is scoring"
  ],
  [
   "Winger",
   "A wide forward or midfielder who attacks along the sides"
  ],
  [
   "Sweeper",
   "A defender who plays behind the other defenders"
  ],
  [
   "Captain",
   "The team leader who wears an armband"
  ],
  [
   "Goal",
   "When the whole ball crosses the goal line between the posts and under the bar"
  ],
  [
   "Hat trick",
   "Three goals by one player in a game"
  ],
  [
   "Assist",
   "A pass that leads directly to a goal"
  ],
  [
   "Own goal",
   "A goal scored into your own net by mistake"
  ],
  [
   "Penalty area (18-yard box)",
   "Area in front of goal where the goalkeeper can use hands and where fouls bring penalties"
  ],
  [
   "Goal area (6-yard box)",
   "The small box directly in front of the goal"
  ],
  [
   "Penalty kick",
   "A free shot from 12 yards (11 meters) at the goalkeeper after a foul in the box"
  ],
  [
   "Free kick",
   "A kick awarded after a foul"
  ],
  [
   "Direct free kick",
   "A free kick that can score straight into the goal"
  ],
  [
   "Indirect free kick",
   "A free kick that must touch another player before scoring"
  ],
  [
   "Corner kick",
   "A kick from the corner when the defense puts the ball over its own goal line"
  ],
  [
   "Goal kick",
   "A kick from the goal area when the attackers put the ball over the goal line"
  ],
  [
   "Throw-in",
   "A two-handed overhead throw to restart after the ball goes out on a sideline"
  ],
  [
   "Kickoff",
   "The kick that starts the game or restarts after a goal"
  ],
  [
   "Offside",
   "An attacker is closer to the goal line than the ball and the second-last defender when a teammate passes to them"
  ],
  [
   "Foul",
   "An unfair act such as tripping or pushing"
  ],
  [
   "Yellow card",
   "A warning to a player"
  ],
  [
   "Red card",
   "Ejection from the game"
  ],
  [
   "Handball",
   "Touching the ball with the hand or arm on purpose, a foul"
  ],
  [
   "Referee",
   "The official who controls the match"
  ],
  [
   "Assistant referee (linesman)",
   "Official who signals offside and out-of-bounds"
  ],
  [
   "VAR",
   "Video assistant referee, a video review system"
  ],
  [
   "Stoppage time (injury time)",
   "Extra time added at the end of a half"
  ],
  [
   "Extra time",
   "Two extra 15-minute periods if tied in a knockout match"
  ],
  [
   "Penalty shootout",
   "A tiebreaker where players take turns shooting penalties"
  ],
  [
   "Dribble",
   "Move the ball with your feet while running"
  ],
  [
   "Pass",
   "Kick the ball to a teammate"
  ],
  [
   "Through ball",
   "A pass between defenders for a runner"
  ],
  [
   "Cross",
   "A long pass from the side into the penalty area"
  ],
  [
   "Header",
   "Hitting the ball with the head"
  ],
  [
   "Volley",
   "Kicking the ball before it bounces"
  ],
  [
   "Tackle",
   "Taking the ball from an opponent"
  ],
  [
   "Slide tackle",
   "A tackle made by sliding on the ground"
  ],
  [
   "Clearance",
   "A kick that sends the ball away from your goal"
  ],
  [
   "Save",
   "The goalkeeper stops a shot"
  ],
  [
   "Clean sheet",
   "A game in which a team doesn't concede a goal"
  ],
  [
   "Nutmeg",
   "Pass or kick the ball through an opponent's legs"
  ],
  [
   "Bicycle kick",
   "An overhead kick performed in mid-air"
  ],
  [
   "Wall",
   "Defenders lined up to block a free kick"
  ],
  [
   "Formation",
   "How players are arranged, like 4-4-2"
  ],
  [
   "4-4-2",
   "Four defenders, four midfielders, two forwards"
  ],
  [
   "Marking",
   "Staying close to an opponent to stop them"
  ],
  [
   "Offside trap",
   "Defenders step up together to catch attackers offside"
  ],
  [
   "Pitch",
   "The field of play"
  ],
  [
   "Touchline",
   "The sideline"
  ],
  [
   "Goal line",
   "The line at each end of the field"
  ],
  [
   "Center circle",
   "The circle at the middle where kickoff happens"
  ],
  [
   "Halftime",
   "The break between halves, usually 15 minutes"
  ],
  [
   "World Cup",
   "International men's soccer tournament held every four years"
  ],
  [
   "Women's World Cup",
   "International women's tournament first held in 1991"
  ],
  [
   "FIFA",
   "The governing body of world soccer"
  ],
  [
   "Pelé",
   "Brazilian star who won three World Cups"
  ],
  [
   "Lionel Messi",
   "Argentine star who won the 2022 World Cup"
  ],
  [
   "Mia Hamm",
   "American star who won two World Cups and two Olympic gold medals"
  ],
  [
   "Substitutions",
   "Replacing players during the game"
  ],
  [
   "Fair play",
   "Playing honestly and respecting opponents"
  ]
 ]
}