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Welcome to AskTheRef.com -- a Soccer Law Question and Answer site. Providing answers to questions regarding soccer laws since October 11, 1999... to ask a question simply click on Ask the Ref in the menu bar and pose your question and the panel will reply. Those who have ideas or articles please feel free to contact the editor Richard Dawson at mrref@asktheref.com with suggestions.
As a result of contrived player antics due to recent law changes on Law 16 FIFA/IFAB offered this circular as an explanation until a final determination is arrived at. https://www.docdroid.net/LSio1Q9/circular-log-law-16-clarification-2019-20-en-draft.pdf
http://theifab.com/news/laws-of-the-game-201920-important-clarifications
Over the past 20 years we have amassed tens of thousands of questions and answers but the LOTG have changed and/or portions no longer apply. Be SURE to reread the latest version IFAB 2019 - 2020 LOTG
The new Laws of the Game can be viewed here and will be effective from May 26th 2018
http://www.theifab.com/document/laws-of-the-game
VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREE
How the VAR will work. Check out it, it's an interesting setup. They're putting a lot of work into it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdwOL08NfxQ
Here's a video on how they'll be doing the VAR line looks like, unlike what a lot of us see on TV, it'll try to take into account the head/chest/shoulder and not just the feet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCOK7-kc_8o
Also,
https://football-technology.fifa.com/en/innovations/var-at-the-world-cup/
And for explanation on what incidents get looked at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp431Y1Eqf0
Referee article of interest for USA high school
You may be interested in seeing the high school or college 2018-2019 Rules Changes. They can be found at http://nfhs.org/sports-resource-content/soccer-rules-changes-2018-19/
https://ncaasoccer.arbitersports.com/Groups/106254/Library/files/2018_2019_Soccer_Major_Rules_Changes_061118.pdf
http://nfhs.org/articles/eight-rules-changes-approved-in-high-school-soccer/
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After two years and many request - You Call It is back! Now it's your turn to test your knowledge in a scenario created by our panel of referees. If your answer is spot on we will publish it on our site! Good luck click here!
12/5/2019RE: rec/select/adult High School Dan of Seattle, Wa United States asks...After mis-controlling a ball and with an attacker then about to score a goal would a goalie jumping on the ball still be an idfk, not dogso?...
Read The Full Q & A Law 14 - The Penalty kick 12/3/2019RE: Adult Craig Osborn of Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa asks...What is the rule on encroachment into the penalty area? If a player has a foot grounded outside the penalty area as the ball is struck by the penalty taker, however he has started his movement towards the ball and although parts of his body are over ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 12/3/2019RE: Competetive Under 19 Joshua Pierce of Wixom, Michigan United States asks...I have a question to further clarify the change in the rule about goalkeeper handballs. If, as a goalkeeper, I receive a deliberate backpass from a teammate, and I attempt to take a touch in order to settle the ball in front of me (as opposed to tryi...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/27/2019RE: Rec Adult Russell of Sydney, Australia asks...Ref Dawson mentioned '...a handling foul if it was being flipped about away from the body...' with regard to a jersey sleeve.
Can he please clarify how a loose jersey sleeve could create a 'Handling' foul.
Would it be if the other h...
Read The Full Q & A Law 4 - The Players Equipment 11/26/2019RE: REC Adult MARK SHILLITO of EPWORTH, ENGLAND asks...At the weekend i was watching a match where unfortunately one of the players had most of his arm missing.
He was a good player but on several occasions his sleeve of his long shirt whipped several of our players in the face not that he was d...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/23/2019RE: Adult George Sweet of Horsham, West Sussex England asks...I had an incident today where a defender, who was on the ground, used his legs to protect the ball from the opposition. This was endangering himself so I blew the whistle for a free kick against the defender. As it was in the box, I gave a penalty....
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/23/2019RE: Competitive Under 15 Mary Ramirez-de-Arellano of DAMASCUS, MD United States asks...I am confused about what constitutes a keeper having possession of a ball such that the opponent is disqualified from playing that ball. Exactly what are the criteria for determining that a goal keeper ' has possession' of the ball so that when the ...
Read The Full Q & A League Specific 11/21/2019RE: Under 14 D Sansom of Edinburgh, UK asks...We had a player sent off after 12 minutes. The tie went on to extra time and we won 2-1. At the start of the 2nd half of extra time we had 11 players on the pitch for about 1 minute. During this time, nothing of note took place.
We have just b...
Read The Full Q & A Law 10 - Determining the Outcome of a Match 11/20/2019RE: Competive Under 15 Lenavishal of Chennai, Tamilnadu Indio asks...We can shoot the ball from any side of the leg
Then it is goal or not...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/18/2019RE: Competitive Under 16 Eugene of San Jose, CA USA asks...Referee Wright says: 'typically for DOGSO fouls we take the player committing the foul out of the question.'
Does this mean that we should invoke DOGSO even when the infringing player had ample opportunity to prevent the OGSO without committ...
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