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[quote=SoccerRef][quote=Anonymous]What age do children start getting carded?  I've seen bad slide tackling and breakaways where the defender pulls the shirt of the offensive player to slow them down, but have yet to see a card.[/quote]

[quote=Anonymous]do you give reds for fouls that laws call for automatic reds? at every age level?[/quote]

I'd say they're getting carded earlier and earlier than what I've seen in the past, mainly because the kids seems to have a better understanding of the game at a younger age now.
In the past, I'd almost never card a kid in the younger age groups, because even when there was something that might have been card-worthy, it was probably an accident, and you could just have a quick talk with the player.

Now, I'm seeing more cynical fouls in younger groups...grabbing a player that has gotten by them, hard slide tackles, dives, etc. I think carding is important...not just to minimize injuries, but to teach the kids what's acceptable and what isn't.

I know some refs that have a policy not to card anyone in an a U-9 or U-10 game, and think a talking to is the way to go. 
I don't agree.

As for the "automatic red" comment, well, first you have to consider what an automatic red is. Most RC violations are subjective, but obviously if I have a kid hitting or spitting on another kid then yeah, I'm going with a RC. 
Things like denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity are different. It would have to be a REALLY obvious goal scoring opportunity and a clearly intentional foul for me to give a RC for something like that.
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