red card
noun
soccer
: a red card that a referee holds in the air to indicate that a player who has broken the rules of the game will not be allowed to continue playing
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But Gabriel Pec was tagged with a second yellow card four minutes later and forced to exit after being shown the automatic red card.
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Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Dos Santos is continuing to recover from facial surgery, while Sisniega was forced to miss SDFC’s opener because of a red card he was assessed in last season’s playoff finale.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Most of them came after Austin defender Guilherme Biro drew an early red card in the 25th minute for stepping on the back of the leg of Charlotte’s Idan Toklomati, which meant Biro was ejected from the game and that Austin would only field 10 men the rest of the way.
—Scott Fowler
march 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2026
But for Dobson’s red card in second-half stoppage time, who knows how things may have panned out?
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Dos Santos is continuing to recover from facial surgery, while Sisniega was forced to miss SDFC’s opener because of a red card he was assessed in last season’s playoff finale.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Most of them came after Austin defender Guilherme Biro drew an early red card in the 25th minute for stepping on the back of the leg of Charlotte’s Idan Toklomati, which meant Biro was ejected from the game and that Austin would only field 10 men the rest of the way.
—Scott Fowler
march 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2026
But for Dobson’s red card in second-half stoppage time, who knows how things may have panned out?
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Red card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20card. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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