USSF Referee Program Report Codes for Cautionable and Sending-Off Offenses Cautionable Offenses 1.Unsporting behavior (UB) 2.Dissent by word or action (DT) 3.Persistent offenses (PO) 4.Delaying the restart of play (DR) 5.Failure to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner kick, free kick, or throw-in (FRD) 6.Entering, re-entering, or deliberately leaving the field without the referee’s permission (ERL) Sending-off Offenses 1.Serious foul play (SFP) 2.Violent conduct (VC) 3.Spitting at an opponent or any other person (S) 4.Denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO) by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply to the goalkeeper within his or her own penalty area)(DGH) 5.Denying a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent whose overall movement is towards the offender's goal by an offense punishable by a free kick (DGF)-DOGSO by an offense within the offender's penalty area, for which the referee awards a penalty kick, and the offense was NOT an attempt to play the ball (e.g. holding, pulling, pushing, no possibility to play the ball, etc.) 6.Using offensive, insulting, or abusive language and/or gestures (AL) 7.Receiving a second caution in the same match (2CT)