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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Barea’s halftime red card forced Boise to play the entire second half with 10 men. — Idaho Statesman, 4 Oct. 2026 Mateo Chavez slapped out at Sebastian Berhalter and earned a straight red card. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Dynamo captain Hector Herrera grabbed Taylor Calheira by the throat in front of the referee, earning a straight red card. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 Miami had seven of the 12 yellow cards and Santiago Morales was issued a red card after his second caution in the sixth minute of stoppage. — Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 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 14 Oct. 2026.

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