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Common Soccer Acronyms


AIG (Additional Instructions and Guidelines)
AR (Assistant Referee)
ATR (Advice to Referees)
DB (Dropped Ball)
DFK ( Direct Free Kick )
DP ( Disciplinary Panel )
DOGSO (Deny Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity)
FIFA ( Federation Internationale de Football Association )
FK (Free Kick)
FOP ( Field Of Play )
FT ( Full Time )
GK ( Goal Keeper )
HT ( Half Time )
ILGGR ( Interpretation of the Laws of the Game and Guidelines for Referees )
INDFK ( Indirect Free Kick )
ITOOTR ( In The Opinion Of The Referee )
LOAF ( Laws Of Association Football - old terminology )
LOTG ( Laws Of The Game )
NFHS (National Federation - High School [Association of State High School Associations] )
OGSO ( Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity )
PIADM (Playing in a Dangerous Manner)
PK ( Penalty Kick )
YC ( Yellow Card )
RC ( Red Card )
SA (Situational Awareness)
SOTL ( Spirit Of The Law )
USB ( Unsporting Behavior )
USSF ( United States Soccer Federation )
WISL ( World Indoor Soccer League )
WTF (What The Hey)
YSL ( Youth Soccer League )

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