Question Number: 15763

Law 1- The Field 6/12/2007

RE: Competive Under 18

Sonaal Bhanot of Ludhiana, Punjab India asks...

What is the importance of optional marks on goalline in soccer?

Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

Those marks indicate a distance of 9.15 m from the corner arc. It is easy for referees to identify encroachment at the taking of a corner kick. Their importance is the same as the centre circle and penalty arcs.

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Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

To ensure defenders are 10 yds from corner arc on a corner kick.

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Answer provided by Referee Steve Montanino

They are a guide to the players and the referee's that indicate where the player a player defending a corner kick may and may not stand before the ball is put in play.

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