Question Number: 14323

Law 16 - Goal Kick 10/30/2006

RE: Select Under 13

Charlie of Elk Grove, CA USA asks...

On a Goal Kick may the kicking team "switch" the location of the kick from one side of the box to the other if the ball has been put on the ground?

Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

No. This is delaying the restart and is a cautionable offense.

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Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

No. Once the ball is on the ground it must stay there. There is no reason to move it other than to waste time. This question has been posed to US Soccer and that is their answer.

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Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

Besides who is it going to fool?

Regards,

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Answer provided by Referee Debbie Hoelscher

No, you can't move it once it's place. And it is a cautionable offense, as Ref Mueller has stated. Even if it is a team that is losing, to delay the restart could adversly affect their oponents if the tournment, or league they are playing in had "goal differential" as a part of the seeding for position.

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