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What does a red card mean?

When a player is shown a red card it means ejection from the game. By the Laws of the Game, a player must be shown a red card for serious foul play, violent conduct, spitting at an opponent or any other person, deliberately handling the ball in an attempt to prevent an obvious scoring opportunity, denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent moving toward the player’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick, and for using offensive, insulting, or abusive language. A player will also be shown a red card and ejected immediately after receiving a second yellow card caution in the same match.

What’s the difference between yellow and red card offenses?

Yellow card offenses generally cover acts that demonstrate poor sportsmanship and disrupt the game, but don’t directly affect the score or cause injury. For example, a player might receive a yellow card for a succession of “ordinary” fouls, despite a warning from the referee. This is called “persistent infringement.” Players will also be shown a yellow card for “unsporting behaviour,” which covers almost any action that shows disregard for fair play but is not extremely violent. Red card offenses are much more serious acts that go completely against the spirit of the game (called “serious foul play” in game parlance). This is behaviour that should never occur on a soccer field regardless of how a game is going.