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

Former Angel City head coach and current Wave assistant Becki Tweed led the club with Jonas Eidevall suspended because of a red card in last week’s 1-0 home loss to Bay FC. —Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026

Last week, Utah scored an early goal, then Angel City’s Maiara Niehues was issued a red card, leaving the team with 10 players for the second half of a 1-0 defeat. —Damian Calhoun, Daily News, 8 May 2026

Levante had its tails up and it was given another lift on the stroke of halftime when Osasuna keeper Sergio Herrera needlessly handled outside the box and was shown a red card. —ABC News, 8 May 2026

Bayern Munich fullback Franziska Kett received a red card for pulling the hair of a Barcelona player in the first leg of the Champions League semifinal on April 25. —Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 8 May 2026

Rhymes for red card

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