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Question Number: 23474League Specific 6/14/2010RE: Select Under 13 Spyro Gerontidis of LIC, NY USA asks...Can a team play a game, complete the game, then forfeit the game after the final whistle? Answer provided by Referee Gary Voshol Certainly. If it is found that they have fielded an illegal player, the league may vacate the result and count it as a forfeit. There are probably other reasons.
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View Referee Gary Voshol profileAnswer provided by Referee Keith Contarino Are you asking if a team that has won a game can then INTENTIONALLY forfeit a game? If you are, the answer would be no.
If you are asking if a team that won a game may have the win taken away and have to forfeit for reasons found out after the game by a ruling authority, the answer would be of course be yes.
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