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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Dallas played the final 79 minutes with a one-man advantage after Vancouver’s Mathías Laborda received a red card in the 11th minute. Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025 The 4-5 matchup will pit Charlotte FC against NYCFC, but the better side will be shorthanded for the first match of their best-of-three series, with Wilfried Zaha’s red card in the regular season closer against Philly resulting in a one-game ban. Avi Creditor, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 The red card itself came late with Charlotte leading 2-0. Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2025 Jason Coronel also received a red card in the 54th minute, leaving the midfielder unavailable to face Honduras just four days later, which made a huge difference in a 2-0 loss to Honduras at Nacional Chelato Uclés Stadium. Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for red card

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“Red card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20card. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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