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Questions & Answers for "Richard Dawson" 1 - 10 of High School 5/10/2025Jay LaFountain of Coldwater, MI USA asks...Recently, IFAB introduced impeding with contact. This has led to high school referees talking about impeding with contact as if it's a thing in high school soccer. However, I have looked at the rulebook and it is written like the old IFAB rules, wh...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/2/2025Crebs Crem of Zagreb , Croatia asks...Hi,
My questions is about goalkeeper's handling the ball for the second time after the ball was released into play.
Read The Full Q & A Law 3 - The Players 5/1/2025A. Povi of The villages, Fl USA asks...Can we put our #9 in goal to defend a penalty. Then immediatly change their positions back at the restart?
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Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 4/29/2025David of LAKE WORTH, FL United States asks...A player from team A is in an offside position. A pass is played directly to this player from within a group of players from both team A and team B. Neither the ARs or the center referee knows for sure which team played the ball to the player in an...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 4/28/2025Doug Crawford of Folsom, CA United States asks...Hi there- in his answer to this question about the offside player, Richard Dawson says "Yes the holding occurred, but it was adjudged as -after- the PIOP was identified as being restricted."
The description of the PIOP as “restricted” makes a l...
Read The Full Q & A Law 17 - The Corner Kick 4/16/2025Andrew Bower of Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom asks...For a corner tha law states the ball should be in the corner area. If in modern play the ball is only touching or bisecting the line isn't that out of the area in the same way as a ball not wholly in the goal( not OVER the line) is not a goal because...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/15/2025Dima of Saanich, B.C. Canada asks...The attacker with the ball tries to take the ball to his left being the right of the defender opposite him . He loses or passes around me the ball to the right and the defender's momentum also went to that direction but he fell into a split with left...
Read The Full Q & A Mechanics 2/26/2025Issy of hereford, United Kingdom asks...What happens if a goal is scored as the lights go out? If the ball is heading towards to goal (in the air) and the lights go out before the ball is seen to enter to goalmouth, does the goal still count?...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 2/25/2025Peter Babbage of Hjorring, Denmark asks...Really two questions in one if thats ok! It concerns offside. Ball played through and it clips a defender. He hasnt tried to play it but does this play the attacker onside? I know it does if he tries to clear the ball .
A ball is played through...
Read The Full Q & A Law 3 - The Players 2/22/2025Ishiaku Ibrahim of LOKOJA, KOGI NIGERIA asks...Is it an offence for a captain of a team to give his captain ban to a team mate during play?...
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