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What is the name of the kick awarded when the ball goes out of bounds over the touchline?
✓ Throw-in
✗ Corner kick
✗ Goal kick
✗ Free kick
✗ Penalty kick
How many substitutions are typically allowed in a professional soccer match?
✓ 5 substitutions
✗ 3 substitutions
✗ 7 substitutions
✗ Unlimited
✗ 2 substitutions
What is the maximum number of players allowed on the field for one team during a match?
✓ 11 players
✗ 10 players
✗ 12 players
✗ 9 players
✗ 13 players
What is it called when a player kicks the ball to a teammate?
✓ Pass
✗ Throw
✗ Shoot
✗ Tackle
✗ Dribble
What color card results in immediate expulsion from the game?
✓ Red card
✗ Yellow card
✗ Orange card
✗ Green card
✗ Blue card
What is offside in soccer?
✓ Being closer to the opponent's goal than the ball and second-to-last defender
✗ Being in the opponent's half
✗ Running too fast
✗ Standing in the goal box
✗ Touching the ball twice
What is the standard duration of a professional soccer match?
✓ 90 minutes
✗ 80 minutes
✗ 100 minutes
✗ 60 minutes
✗ 120 minutes
Which body part cannot be used to control the ball (except for goalkeepers in their box)?
✓ Hands and arms
✗ Feet
✗ Head
✗ Chest
✗ Thighs
What is awarded when a player commits a foul inside their own penalty area?
✓ Penalty kick
✗ Free kick
✗ Corner kick
✗ Goal kick
✗ Throw-in
What is the term for when the ball completely crosses the goal line between the posts?
✓ Goal
✗ Point
✗ Score
✗ Touchdown
✗ Strike
What is a sweeper?
✓ Defensive player behind other defenders
✗ Someone who cleans field
✗ Goalkeeper
✗ Forward player
✗ Referee assistant
What are penalty shootouts?
✓ Deciding tied match with penalty kicks
✗ Shooting penalties during game
✗ Target practice
✗ Free kick competition
✗ Red card punishment
What is a striker?
✓ Main attacking player who scores goals
✗ Player who strikes ball
✗ Defender
✗ Referee
✗ Goalkeeper
What is a derby match?
✓ Game between local rival teams
✗ Horse racing event
✗ Championship final
✗ International match
✗ Training match
What is extra time?
✓ Additional periods if match is tied
✗ Practice time
✗ Injury time
✗ Timeout
✗ Warm-up period
What is stoppage time?
✓ Extra time added at end of half
✗ When game is paused
✗ Halftime break
✗ Timeout period
✗ When clock stops
What is a through ball?
✓ Pass into space for teammate to run onto
✗ Passing through the goal
✗ A hard kick
✗ Throwing the ball
✗ A backwards pass
What is nutmegging?
✓ Passing the ball between opponent's legs
✗ A spice on the ball
✗ Kicking very hard
✗ A celebration move
✗ A header technique
What is a clean sheet?
✓ Not conceding any goals in a match
✗ Having clean uniforms
✗ Scoring many goals
✗ Playing on clean field
✗ Fair play award
What is a volley in soccer?
✓ Kicking the ball before it touches the ground
✗ A volleyball kick
✗ A high pass
✗ A throw-in
✗ A goal kick
How wide is a standard soccer goal?
✓ 8 yards (24 feet)
✗ 10 yards
✗ 6 yards
✗ 12 yards
✗ 7 yards
What is dribbling in soccer?
✓ Moving with the ball using your feet
✗ Bouncing the ball
✗ Throwing the ball
✗ Kicking the ball high
✗ Passing to a teammate
What is a bicycle kick?
✓ An overhead kick where the player is airborne
✗ Kicking while riding a bike
✗ A spin kick
✗ A low ground kick
✗ A penalty kick
What is the distance from the penalty spot to the goal?
✓ 12 yards (11 meters)
✗ 18 yards
✗ 10 yards
✗ 15 yards
✗ 20 yards
What happens when the ball goes over the sideline?
✓ Throw-in
✗ Corner kick
✗ Free kick
✗ Goal kick
✗ Penalty kick
What happens when the ball goes over the goal line but not in the goal, last touched by defending team?
✓ Corner kick
✗ Goal kick
✗ Throw-in
✗ Free kick
✗ Penalty kick
What is the area called where the goalkeeper can use their hands?
✓ Penalty area
✗ Goal area
✗ Keeper zone
✗ Safe zone
✗ Protection area
What happens when a defending player fouls an attacker in the penalty box?
✓ Penalty kick awarded
✗ Free kick from where the foul occurred
✗ Corner kick
✗ Goal kick
✗ Drop ball
What is it called when a player passes the ball to themselves over a defender?
✓ Chip
✗ Lob pass
✗ Sky ball
✗ High pass
✗ Rainbow kick
What does a yellow card mean?
✓ Warning/caution
✗ Ejection
✗ Time out
✗ Penalty kick
✗ Free substitution
How many yellow cards equal a red card?
✓ Two yellow cards
✗ Three yellow cards
✗ One yellow card
✗ Four yellow cards
✗ Five yellow cards
What color card results in immediate ejection from the game?
✓ Red card
✗ Yellow card
✗ Orange card
✗ Black card
✗ Blue card
What is the name of the box area in front of each goal?
✓ Penalty box
✗ Goal box
✗ Safety zone
✗ Strike area
✗ End zone
What is the maximum number of substitutions allowed in most professional matches?
✓ 3 to 5 substitutions
✗ Unlimited
✗ 1 substitution
✗ 10 substitutions
✗ No substitutions allowed
What is offside in soccer?
✓ Being ahead of the last defender when the ball is played
✗ Standing outside the field
✗ Being too close to the goalkeeper
✗ Running too fast
✗ Touching the ball with hands
What part of the body can't touch the ball in soccer (except the goalkeeper)?
✓ Hands and arms
✗ Feet
✗ Head
✗ Chest
✗ Legs
What is it called when a player scores three goals in one game?
✓ Hat trick
✗ Triple score
✗ Three pointer
✗ Goal streak
✗ Perfect game
What is the penalty for a handball in soccer?
✓ Free kick or penalty kick
✗ Yellow card only
✗ Corner kick
✗ Goal kick
✗ Throw in
How long is a standard professional soccer match?
✓ 90 minutes
✗ 60 minutes
✗ 80 minutes
✗ 100 minutes
✗ 120 minutes
How many players are on a soccer team during a match?
✓ 11 players
✗ 10 players
✗ 9 players
✗ 12 players
✗ 13 players