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Soccer field is a rectangular area split in half by a center line. It has a circle drawn at the middle of this line with 10 yards in diameter. According by player ages, soccer field categorized in different dimensions. This was regulated by the first soccer organisation which is The Football Association, and then followed by FIFA. They also standardized the soccer field dimensions that appropriate to all modern pitches.
The following are the different soccer field dimensions categorized by ages
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6-7 years old: The field is 20 yards in width by 30 yards in length. The touch line is 18 feet in length, which is the distance between goal area boundary line and the half way line. The distance between the goal line and the goal area boundary line is 27 feet. The corner arc has 3 feet of radius, while the center circle has 9 feet, three times the radius of te corner arc.
8 years old: The field is 25 yards in width by 35 yards in length. The touch line dimension is 21 feet. The distance between the goal line and the goal area boundary line is 31 feet and 6 inches. The corner arc radius is 3 feet while the center circle radius is 10 feet,.
9 years old: The field is 30 yards in width by 45 yards in length. The length of the touch line is 24 feet. The distance between the goal line and the goal area boundary line is 43 feet and 6 inches. The center circle has a radius of 12 feet. The corner arc is 3 feet in radius.
10 years old: The field is 40 yards in width by 60 yards in length. The penalty arc and the circle radius is 24 feet. Corner arc is 3 feet. Penalty arc is 72 by 36 feet. Goal area is 36 by 12 feet and the penalty spot from mid-goal is 24 feet.
11 years old: The field is 50 yards in width by 80 yards in length. The circle and penalty arc radius is 30 ft. Corner arc is 3 ft in radius. Penalty arc is 80 by 50 feet. Goal area dimensions is 52 by 18 feet, and the distance from the mid-goal to the penalty spot is 30 feet.
12 years old and above: The field is 70 yards in width by 100 yards in length. The circle and penalty arc radius is 30 feet. 3 feet would be the radius of corner arc. Penalty arc is seventy two by thirty six feet. The goal area dimensions is 60 by 18 feet, while the distance from penalty spot to mid-goal is 36 feet.
Field marking is the lines that marked the playing field. These lines are more than 4 inches (10.16 cm) in width, and not more than 5 inches wide.
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