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Law 5 - The Referee
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Law 5 - The Referee 4/22/2011

Todd of Houston, TX USA asks...

So what is a good signal to use to 'wave down' an AR's flag, one that would not be seen by spectators and players? Why wouldn't it be better if it were clear to them?...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/20/2011

Stephen of Vancouver, Canada asks...

Slightly unrelated to the laws of the game:

What whistle is commonly used for soccer games?

I use a Fox 40 classic, blast and sometimes a Tornado 2000, but can never get the sound produced like in these three videos:

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/18/2011

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

Wouldn't the referee have some discretion in preventing this? I've seen referees telling coaches that if parents continued to dissent with the referees rulings or annoy the players, that the game wouldn't continue until the offending parents left th...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/12/2011

Pat Dempsey of Dublin, Dublin Ireland asks...

A question that I hope you can answer for me "
Referee books a player for a late challenge " and the injured player needs treatment, where it is subsequently found his ankle is broken. Game is stopped until the injured player is removed by ambul...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/11/2011

Jeff of Boston, MA USA asks...

In watching the MLS game on 4/9/11 between New England and Real Salt Lake, I noticed that every time a team had a free kick in their attacking third, the referee held up play, and then pulled a spray can from a holster on the side of his shorts and s...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/6/2011

Lirpa Sloof of Plano, Texas United States asks...

If the referee is ever knocked unconcious, or, for that matter, ever passes out for any reason in the middle of play, when exactly does play stop, and if the referee cannot continue, who makes up for the missing official when an AR takes his place?...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/5/2011

Oscar of Tulsa, Oklahoma United states asks...

I am a student studying careers. Please answer these questions if you can.

1) How much do you get paid annually?
2) How do you become a professional ref?
3) What education do you need?
4) What is the best city or country to live ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/3/2011

Parent of Middle, TN US asks...

This isn't a follow up to the main question, but to Ref Maloney concerning the dual. While I can certainly understand the confusion and inconsistency a dual causes, is the USSFs position limited to higher level games? My daughter is in her 2nd seas...

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Law 5 - The Referee 3/29/2011

Sherisse of Duarte, ca usa asks...

Hello,

I was wondering if you knew what happens if/when a team decides to walk off the field because they don't agree with the ref calls, what should happen? They were winning but they thought the calls were so bad that they said to the oth...

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Law 5 - The Referee 3/27/2011

irvin of charlotte, n.c. usa asks...

In a recent game I was cr and a corner kick
was to be taken. Before the kick was taken
I felt the need to question my ar so I blew
my whistle and told the kicker to wait. After I was through with my ar I yelled across the field to the kic...

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