A Confusion of Sports Terminology

From watching soccer, I've noticed that I get a bit confused by what the commentators are saying sometimes. Part of it has to do with my having watched hockey as a kid, and part of it is because I'm still learning the rules of soccer. So, here is an example of how I confuse my sports terms...

#1: 'Extra Time'. In soccer, overtime periods are called 'extra time', but I still say 'overtime' because, being Canadian, I'm used to hockey terms at times. Also, the extra time periods (two fifteen-minute periods) are mandatory - I think hockey overtime is sudden-death (or maybe it's only sudden-death in playoff games?).

#2: 'Added/Stoppage Time'. This has more to do with how different commentators talk. From watching the FIFA World Cup, I was used to it being called 'stoppage time', but sometimes I hear commentators say 'added time'. Stoppage/added time, for anyone who isn't familiar with the term, is the amount of time accumulated from the stops in play for fouls or injuries, and it's played at the end of the half.

#3: 'Penalty box'. My hockey knowledge appears again here. In hockey, a penalty box is where players sit when they've committed a foul. While that player's in the box, everyone else plays a 'power play' - which means that for the time that the player's in the box, the other team has an advantage, and when the power play timer is up the player in the box comes back out on the ice and regular play is resumed. Now, in soccer, a penalty box is the big outer box at the goal nets. When a player is roughly challenged in that box, they are sometimes entitled to a penalty kick (a kick that's closer to the goal than a free kick, and there is no 'wall' of players to deflect it - players are allowed to stand behind the kicker but, if I remember correctly, they can't move until the kick is taken). I say 'sometimes' because I'm still not familiar with all the rules, and sometimes a referee can decide that no penalty will be given. This box is often called the penalty area instead, but I find that when commentators are covering Major League Soccer (a North American league), they tend to say 'box' instead of 'area'.

Because I'm still not familiar with all the rules, here's a Wiki link on the penalty box/area. It will explain it better than I can :)

Last, but definitely not least, I want to congratulate Japan on winning the Women's FIFA World Cup. You did awesome!!!! :D