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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. According by player ages, soccer field categorized in different dimensions. This was regulated by Football Association, the first soccer organization, and then followed by FIFA. They also standardized the soccer field dimensions that appropriate to all modern pitches.
The following are the soccer field dimensions categorized by ages
read more: Different Dimensions of Soccer Fields
6-7 years old: The field is 20 yards in width by 30 yards in length. The length of the touch line is 18 feet, this 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 and the center circle have a radius of 3 feet and 9 feet respectively.
8 years old: The field is 25 yards in width by 35 yards in length. The touch line length is 23 feet. 31 feet and 6 inches is the distance between goal line and goal area boundary line. 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. 24 feet is the dimension of the touch line. The distance between goal line and goal area boundary is fourty eight feet and six inches. The radius of the center circle is 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 circle and penalty arc radius is 24 feet. 3 feet would be the radius of corner arc. Penalty arc is 72 x 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. Penalty arc and the circle radius is 30 ft. Corner arc is 3 ft in radius. Penalty arc is eighty by 50 feet. Goal area is 52 by 18 feet and the penalty spot from mid-goal 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 feet. Corner arc is 3 ft. Penalty arc dimensions 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.
The playing field is marked with lines called field markings. These lines are not less than 4 inches (10.16 cm) in width nor exceed in 5 inches wide.
