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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 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). They also standardized the soccer field dimensions that appropriate to all modern pitches.

Categorized by ages, the following are the different soccer field dimensions
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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 area boundary to the goal 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. From goal line to the goal area boundary line, the distance is 31 feet and 6 inches. 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. The distance between goal line and goal area boundary 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 circle and penalty arc radius is 24 feet. Corner arc is 3 feet in radius. Penalty arc is 72 by 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. Penalty arc and the circle radius is 30 ft. Corner arc is 3 feet. The penalty arc is 80 x 50 feet. Goal area is 52 x 18 feet, while the penalty spot is located 30 feet measured from the mid-goal.

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 72 x 36 feet in dimensions. 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 at least 4 inches (10.16 cm) in width, and not more than 5 inches wide.