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Soccer field is a rectangular area split in half by a center line. A circle drawn in the middle of this line which is 10 yards in diameter. Soccer field has several different dimensions according by player ages. This was regulated by the first soccer organisation which is The Football Association, and then followed by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (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, this is the distance between goal area boundary line and the half way line. The distance from the goal line to 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. 31 feet and 6 inches is the distance between goal line and goal area boundary line. The center circle is 10 feet in radius and corner arc is 3 feet.
9 years old: The field is 30 yards in width by 45 yards in length. The touch line dimension is 24 feet. 43 feet and 6 inches is the distance between goal line and goal area boundary. The center circle has a radius of 12 feet. The corner arc radius is 3 feet.
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. 3 feet would be the radius of corner arc. Penalty arc is 72 x 36 feet. The goal area sizes is 36 by 12 ft, while the distance from the penalty spot to the 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. The penalty arc is 80 x 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. Penalty arc and the circle radius is 30 ft. Corner arc is 3 ft. Penalty arc is seventy two by thirty six feet. Goal area dimensions is 60 x 18 feet, and the penalty spot from 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 nor exceed in 5 inches wide.
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