The object of soccer is basically to get the ball in the goal.  To do this all rules must be obeyed or a foul will be given, creating an opportunity for your opponent.

Referees make the calls regarding throw-ins and fouls.  A yellow card is shown to a player as a warning that they should stop the misconduct.  Two yellow cards are considered a red card.  A red card means that player is expelled from the game and cannot play.

		There are 11 players on the field at a time, 10 players and a goalie.  The 3-4-3 is just one out of many line ups you can play.  There are three defenders, four midfielders, three strikers, and a goalie in the 3-4-3.
	A soccer field is a large rectangle that basically looks like this.  The field can be made of either grass or artificial turf.
		Using your hands is prohibited in soccer, and results in a free kick for the opposite team.  The goalie can use their hands as long as they are in the goalie box.  If a teammate passes the ball back to the goalie with their feet, then they can not pick it up.

When the ball goes out of bounds, a throw-in is awarded to the team that wasn't last to touch the ball.  The thrower must have both feet on the ground and behind the sideline.  The ball must be held in both hands and delivered from behind and over his or her head.  If these rules aren't followed, the opposite team gets the throw-in.

A direct kick can go directly in the goal.  A direct kick is usually given after an intentional foul.  Some fouls that will be given a direct kick, include kicking, tripping, or throwing the opponent, jumping at them, charging from behind, striking, spitting, holding, pushing, or charging in a violent or dangerous way.

	An indirect kick must touch another player before going in the goal.  Some fouls that will be awarded an indirect kick include playing in a dangerous way, charging fairly while not in possession of the ball, obstruction, charging at the goalie without the ball, time-wasting by  the goalie, penalizing the goalie for taking more than four steps with the ball, and pass backs to the keeper and they pick it up.
		Offside is intended to keep strikers from cherry-picking.  Offside is when a player is nearer their opponent's goal than the ball when it was played.  There are four exceptions:  the player is in their half of the field, the player is level with the last defender, the ball was last played by an opponent, or the ball is received directly from a goal kick, corner kick, throw-in, or drop ball.
	When a team is tied after regulation time and two overtimes, they may go into a shootout.  In a shootout, five players from each team shoot from the penalty mark.  To determine who wins a shootout, the team with the most goals, wins.