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Law 1- The Field
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Law 1- The Field 11/18/2009

juan of simi Valley Ca , ca usa asks...

is there a specific size the field should be or it may vary...

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Law 1- The Field 11/5/2009

Tonia Chase of Windham, NH USA asks...

When a soccer goal is placed underneath a football goal with the face of the football goal approximately six inches forward of the soccer crossbar and a couple of feet above it, is play stopped if the the football goal is struck?

Since this ...

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Law 1- The Field 10/17/2009

Brett Peavler of Brookfield, Wisconsin United States of America asks...

Team A has the ball and is attacking and A has a defender with a very strong leg and he is the one with the ball in his own half. Team B is on defense and is expecting the lob by defender from A. The lob is very high up and headed out by the touchlin...

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Law 1- The Field 10/11/2009

Doug and Kathy Caylor of Hope Mills, NC United States asks...

What is the preferred color for marking the fields? In North Carolina some travel clubs mark with white and others blue. To me the white shows up better, but heard several referees comment positively on the blue. ...

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Law 1- The Field 10/5/2009

aw of ridgefield, ct usa asks...

U12 girls competitive. Field markings white lines for soccer, blue lines for lacrosse. Early in game at a throw in restart, team A girl mistakenly throws in from behind lacrosse line which is approximately 3 feet inside white soccer touch line. It...

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Law 1- The Field 9/24/2009

Martin Akerlund of Stockholm, Sweden asks...

An odd thing happened just before kickoff in a game between two teams in the top league. The goals at this particular stadium are anchored to the ground (obviously) but the actual goal posts are not. After the referee's inspection but before the kick...

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Law 1- The Field 9/19/2009

anthony geraghty of dublin, ireland asks...

i was on a referee course yesterday and the instructor said that it is ok to referee a game without nets, corner flags or markings on the pitch. i haven't seen anything that says nets and markings a compulsary but it does say that corner flags are an...

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Law 1- The Field 9/17/2009

Ken McMahon of Dublin, Ohio USA asks...

Thanks to all who provided input. For clarification, if a league specifies that the center circle is to have an 8 yard radius (I am not as concerned with whether it is a perfect circle, etc.), is that enough of a 'stated in the rules' to imply that ...

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Law 1- The Field 9/14/2009

Ken McMahon of Dublin, OH USA asks...

What is the distance required on a free kick on fields that are 40x60 or 50x80 fields that use a center circle of less than 10 yards. A local director of instruction has always indicated that the center circle dictates the distance not only on the k...

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Law 1- The Field 9/7/2009

Joseph of Tracy, Ca. USA asks...

if the net of a goal is pulled very tight and almost straight down, and a shot on goal is made with the ball not touching the cross bar or posts, should it be scored a goal if the ball hits only the net and rebounds out before completely crossing the...

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