The equipment that is needed for a soccer match is pitch and a football. Additionally players can be found wearing studded football boots, shin pads and matching strips. The goalkeepers will additionally wear padded gloves as they are the only players allowed to handle the ball. You may also need a referee to take control the game and coach to manage how each team plays. The rest of the equipment needed to play soccer is a soccer ball, a soccer field, and a goal at each end of the field. Soccer field sizes vary greatly depending on the level and type of play. Each soccer field has a goal box around the front of the goal and a penalty box around the outside of the goal box.