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

Examples of red card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Duke’s Jocelyn Travers was hit with a red card for hair pulling in the 72nd minute, reducing the Blue Devils to 10 women on the pitch, but UCLA could not convert its advantage into a game-winning goal. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

Dreyer will be suspended for San Diego's next match after picking up a red card in the seventh minute of stoppage time. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Unsurprisingly, Sporting’s back-line looked competent until the red card. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026

The late strike capped a chippy match that featured seven yellow cards, a red card and a brief scrum in stoppage time that saw one Madison player lose his jersey. — Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for red card

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard