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rurallib

(62,328 posts)
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 09:34 PM Jun 2014

OK - quick soccer question

since this forum is alive with soccer talk these days.

If someone gets a red card or 2 yellows how long are they out for.
If it goes into future games, is the team shorthanded until the player serves his sentence.

Thank you.

BTW I live in a small town that is @ half Hispanic, mostly various parts of Mexico, so I am pulling for Mexico also. Kind of like to see the party if they win.

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OK - quick soccer question (Original Post) rurallib Jun 2014 OP
One game caraher Jun 2014 #1
BTW.... caraher Jun 2014 #2
I am in Iowa rurallib Jun 2014 #4
I luerve Da Cup, don't do soccer for 4 yrs in between, don't know yellow/red cards UTUSN Jun 2014 #3
When a person gets a red card or a second yellow, they are "sent off" immediately. alarimer Jun 2014 #5
My SIL got me watching soccer many years ago rurallib Jun 2014 #6
I think FIFA investigates red cards and decides how many games a player is banned jakeXT Jun 2014 #7

caraher

(6,276 posts)
1. One game
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 10:12 PM
Jun 2014

Red card: ejection from game, team plays shorthanded, you miss the next game.

Yellow card: 1 in previous game + yellow card in this game means you miss the next game. You still finish the game and the team plays full strength

2 yellows in 1 game = 1 red card; team finishes game shorthanded.

Teams always start every game with 11, regardless of the number of players ineligible to play because of previous yellow/red cards.

caraher

(6,276 posts)
2. BTW....
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 10:15 PM
Jun 2014

sounds like the last place I lived before here - a substantial Mexican population in a town of about 12,000 in rural Indiana. I'm glad Mexico is through to the next round!

When my son played in high school the team was very diverse, with a large Mexican contingent. They had a school-record run deep into the state soccer tournament, losing in the round of 16 (and all schools compete together regardless of size; his school was about 600 students).

rurallib

(62,328 posts)
4. I am in Iowa
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:07 AM
Jun 2014

We made it to the finals last year, but we lost.
My SIL played for Zionsville, Ind. many many years ago.

UTUSN

(70,435 posts)
3. I luerve Da Cup, don't do soccer for 4 yrs in between, don't know yellow/red cards
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 10:44 PM
Jun 2014

I was flummoxed yesterday when we won then we just tied.

alarimer

(16,245 posts)
5. When a person gets a red card or a second yellow, they are "sent off" immediately.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 08:58 AM
Jun 2014

And the team cannot substitute for them, so they play with 10 (instead of the usual 11) for the rest of the game. 2 yellow cards = 1 red card, either in the same game or two different. (I don't know if they reset these when they go into the elimination rounds). The red-carded player has to sit out the next game, but the team can field 11 in that game.

I was crushed when the US conceded that goal in the 95th minute. But they have a good chance to go through. Mexico and Brazil are both really good. But so are many of the others.

rurallib

(62,328 posts)
6. My SIL got me watching soccer many years ago
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:10 AM
Jun 2014

I was and continue to be amazed at the skills and ability and training these guys (and women) exhibit. I used to think basketball players were the ultimate athlete, but I have sure changed my tune. They sure take a beating too.

One of the most attractive things to me is the lack of interruptions. Play continues as quickly as it can, no 5 minute stop for commercials. I am making a point to find out when soccer is on and watch it this year.

Really hope my grandson has an opportunity to learn the game. Wish my kids had.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
7. I think FIFA investigates red cards and decides how many games a player is banned
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:59 AM
Jun 2014

Pereira and Pepe got a one match ban
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/world-cup-2014-pepe-pereira-get-onematch-bans-for-red-cards/480365-5-21.html

Song got a ban for three games
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/756473-alex-song-red-card-update-fifa-bans-cameroon-barcelona-midfielder-for-three-games-slaps-fine/

Every new game starts with 11 players.

Also two yellow cards in the tournament can be problematic


Two yellows in a game add up to a red, which means the player is sent off the field and banned from returning to the match. His team continues the rest of the game playing a man down.

The player is then banned from at least the next match. Flagrant fouls and extreme misconduct can net multi-game suspensions. In a tournament like the World Cup, where every game counts, red cards - or two yellow cards - can be disastrous.

Simple enough, right? Wait, there's more.

FIFA took discipline a step further by introducing tournament-spanning yellow card tallies. Before 2010, a player who tallied two yellow cards collectively during his team’s first three games would have to sit out a subsequent game.

The player’s tally would then reset after three games, or after he served his suspension, assuming his team advanced beyond the group stage. But if the player received a card in, say, the quarterfinal and semifinal games, he would be ineligible to play in the World Cup Final.



In 2010, FIFA moved the card reset point to follow the World Cup’s quarterfinal games. So the last two teams standing are guaranteed to be at full strength - barring injury or a red card in the semifinal.

But the fight to the top got trickier. The card tally no longer resets after the opening games, so the longest stretch players have to go without netting two yellow cards is five games instead of three.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/06/12/counting-the-cards-at-the-world-cup
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