yellow card
noun
soccer
: a yellow card that a referee holds in the air to indicate that a player has broken the rules of the game and is being officially warned
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Defender Vitor Costa, after picking up a yellow card during a collision in the 30th minute, left the field on a stretcher in the 34th and was replaced by substitute Dave Romney.
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Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Messi got a yellow card in stoppage time at the half, and Palmeiras kept him from scoring despite an attempt that went just high of the crossbar.
Palmeiras, which currently sits fourth in its league, had an early opportunity broken up by Inter Miami defender Marcelo Weigandt’s slide tackle.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
Which players are on one yellow card before the final round of the group stage?
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 10 July 2025
In positive news for Real Madrid, the yellow card count has been wiped clean, meaning that only a red card will see any of the players involved miss a potential final.
—Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Messi got a yellow card in stoppage time at the half, and Palmeiras kept him from scoring despite an attempt that went just high of the crossbar.
Palmeiras, which currently sits fourth in its league, had an early opportunity broken up by Inter Miami defender Marcelo Weigandt’s slide tackle.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
Which players are on one yellow card before the final round of the group stage?
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 10 July 2025
In positive news for Real Madrid, the yellow card count has been wiped clean, meaning that only a red card will see any of the players involved miss a potential final.
—Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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“Yellow card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20card. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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