Soccer matches are structured into two halves, each lasting 45 minutes, making the total duration 90 minutes. Players get a halftime break capped at 15 minutes. The referee ensures the game runs smoothly by enforcing rules, maintaining safety, and keeping time.
A Red Card and "sent off" for serious foul play or or receiving a second yellow card in one game.
A Yellow Card indicates a formal "caution" for hard fouls
Soccer Referee
He Enforces Fair Play
He Inspects the Playing Area
The Game Time keeper
Maintaining the Safety of Players, Fans and Team Officials
He is in Charge Of the Rules
Pitch
The length of the pitch for international adult matches is in the range of 100–110 m (110–120 yd) and the width is in the range of 64–75 m (70–80 yd). Fields for non-international matches may be 90–120 m (100–130 yd) length and 45–90 m
Standard pitch measurements
Type
The ball is spherical with a circumference of between 68 and 70 centimetres (27 and 28 in), a weight in the range of 410 to 450 grams
Team sport, ball sport
Penalties
If extra time does not provide an outright winner, a knockout game is often decided by a penalty shootout.
Extra Time
30 minutes of extra time are added to give both teams the opportunity to win the contest.
Halftime
All players receive a break after the first half of the game. The halftime interval cannot last more than 15 minutes and all the players must be out on the field of play
Standard Time
A regulation soccer game is divided into two halves of 45 minutes each. These two periods combine to make up the standard 90 minute length of a soccer game.
Positions on a Soccer Team
Forwards: Their primary job is to score goals or to create them for teammates.
Midfielders: These players are the link between the defense and attack. Midfielders must be the most physically fit players on the field because they are expected to run the most in a game.
Defenders: They play in front of the goalkeeper, and their primary duty is to stop the opposition from scoring.
Goalkeeper: The keeper is the only player allowed to use his hands,
Team members
Each team consists of a maximum of eleven players (excluding substitutes), one of whom must be the goalkeeper