a goalkeeper can be given a yellow card for holding the ball over limited time
137406
It is supposed to be for only 6 seconds, but I have never seen a card given to a goal keeper since they allowed goalkeepers to run around the penalty area with the ball.
614186
Yellow and red cards were first introduced in the game by British referee Ken Aston and its first major use was in the 1970 World Cup:\nThe cards are shown to the players who have committed a foul. The color of the card depends on the severity of the foul.\nA yellow card is shown by the referee to indicate that a player has been officially cautioned.\nA red card is shown by the referee to indicate that a player has been officially send-off or expelled from the game, and must leave the field inmediatly and won't be able to play the rest of the game.\nThe referee can give as many cards as needed, the amount of card given is related to the number of offences (requiring a card)  during the game.\nDuring one game a player can receive:\n1 red card the player,  and the player is expell from the game and no substitute player can come in. \n1 yellow card (the player has been officially cautioned)\n2 yellows card, which is the maximum allow, and it's equivalent to 1 red card and the player has to leave the match (and that's way the referree after the second yellow shows the red card). And like a direct red card, the player can't play the next game for the team and no substitute player can come in.\nBut during the tournament the player can receive any number of cards.
625253
the yellow cards that players get in previous matches stay with them so lets just say i play today and get a yellow card and then i play again next week i will still have the yellow card from today with me.
571550
First question: they do that because if their opponent gets one more fall then he gets a red card then the other team is short on a player.\n\nSecond question: because if there was a score then someone would have made a goal. So there is NO score!!
661668
I beginning to think so.  This year World Cup is so obvious how some players are given yellow card easily (ironically it happens always to key player of the team).  I think they should so another draw after the first round.  Right now some teams are hedging so that they don't have to play against the big team e.g. Germany who is the host country.\n\nAndygurl:   FIFA is being investigated for bribery/corruption.  Go figure!
562917
the 2nd last opponent is the player of the other team who is not the goal keeper. It'll be declared an offside if a player surpasses the ball and the second last opponent near the D area.
584778
Yes, actually already there are  cards for refrees, i can send you two matches that the refree was given yellow card and also red card , the issue is that he was not meant to be given by any outsider since his the judge, but sometime if the refree is really concern about his deed ,he hand over the card to any of the players of his choice mostly the captain of one of the team that he likely offend, and he will be given a card , if his given a yellow the game can continue with him, but if his red card he need to just leave the game and one of the last man will continue as a refree, attached is the game like that or i Will send you the particular script of the games with the referee out, just send me your e-mail address,
424629
Referees do not wait for goal-keepers. The idea for moving back the wall 10yards, is to tell the kicker to wait until, he (referee) is ready. \n\nWhen a free-kick is awarded, the kicker will tell the ref, he wants the opponents ten yards away. He therefore will have to wait until the referee is ready and blows for the kick to be taken.\nIf he doesn't want the 10 yards, he will tell the ref, he wants to take the kick immediately, the ref will move away and allow the kick to be taken. No whistle is needed.\n\nBut in fairness, when the wall is set up, the ref will ensure that the keeper is sufficiently ready, before blowing, but he does not ask the keeper. If the keeper wants to stand at one end of the goalpost thats entirely up to him. \n\nThe moment the opponents are 10yards away from the ball, is the moment the ref will allow the kick to be taken.
637557
FIFA needs to perform damage control after this game. How many times do goalies actually receive yellow cards. This ref is way over and on the other side of Trigger happy. \n\nThose with red cards are out of just the next game.
624685
An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper, inside his own penalty area, commits any of the following four offences:\n• takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with his hands before releasing it from his possession;\n• touches the ball again with his hands after it has been released from his possession and has not touched any other player;\n• touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate;\n• touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate.\n\nHe is the only player on the field who can legally use his hands and then only inside the Penalty Box. Once he picks up the ball he has six seconds to punt it or release it. He is allowed to pick up the ball, run with it and then punt it, throw it, or drop it and dribble or kick it. (However, he cannot touch it with his hands outside the "Penalty Box" and once he drops it he can't touch it again with his hands until an opponent has touched it). The goalkeeper has special protections inside the Penalty Box; the ball may not be kicked if he is touching it with his hand or arm and the referee will call a foul if the goalkeeper is endangered. He must wear a shirt or jersey that is recognizably different from all other players (goalkeepers often wear special jerseys with padded elbows).
670465
well , only those who have 2 yellow cards will miss the next match, and the ones with red cards. and if someone get a red card directly( I mean if the referee give him just a red card, not Yellow+yellow=red) he will miss next two matches.but those who have only one yellow cards will be in the next match.
561585
When one or more players are expell from a match, it means that during that game the team will play with less than 11 players, and that player won't be able to play in the next match.\nBut for a new match the team will have all 11 players in the field, that is way there are 23 player in the roster (three of whom shall be goalkeepers),
568719
Two yellow cards equals a red card.  The ref did not rethink his decision; Lucic had been given a yellow at the start of the game.  So when his second yellow came up the red wasn't far behind.
609731
Very simple in fact.\n\nA person is considered offside if he is in a position where there are not at least 2 players between him and the opponents goal line.\nThese can be ANY 2 players though usually one of these will be the goalkeeper.\n\nThe rule is applied at the moment the ball is PASSED to the player and NOT when he receives it.\n\nSo, if a player in "onside" when a player kicks the ball to him but then advances up the field and the ball reaches him in an offside position then it is ok.\n\nThe reverse also applies. If he is in an offside position when the ball is passed to him and then heads back onside to get the ball then he is still considered offside.\n\nThree more exeptions to the rule.\n\n1. A player can not be offide within his own half of the field.\n\n2. A player is not offside if the ball was passed back by the opposition.\n\n3. A player is not offside if he is behind the ball when it is kicked to him. For example, a player managed to ran to the line and then passed back to a team mate. He can't be offside.
649961
when he gets a red card or 2 yellows in the same game. 2 yellows equal a red. Cards are given at the discretion of the referee. If you tackle too hard, do something unsportsmanlike, or malicious. Slide tackling someone without contacting the ball is a card, stuff like that. Punching someone, elbowing, arguing etc.
377673
obstruction whether it is meant or not. player b awarded an indirect free kick. the time when this rule is most abused(ignored by refs)is when a player is "sheilding" a ball to run out of play.the defender hasn't touched it so its not in his control,and he blatently obstructs a forward from playing the ball with no intention of playing it himself.
209331
The Red card is given on one of two occasions:- Two yellows in a game -automatic red or Serious offensive foul like punching, kicking without ball in play, or  deliberately stopping a sure shot goal attempt. It has nothing to do with the number of fouls