Penalize in soccer (4)

I believe the answer is:

card

(Other definitions for card that I've seen before include "appears in a suit" , "Christmas greeting" , "A eccentric - a joker, perhaps" , "Stiff paper; comb" , "eccentric character" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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