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Law 7 - Match Duration 8/30/2010

Thami of Witbank, Mpumalanga South Africa asks...

Can the referee end the match should a goal be scored on the last second of the match without allowing the scored on team to take the ball to the center of the pitch?...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 8/21/2010

Peter Duckett of Ann Arbor, MI USA asks...

In a game I was playing in not long ago, my team was losing by one, but were killing the opposing team's defense. A defenseman from the other team, on orders from his coach, just blasted the ball out of bounds into the surrounding forest, and it took...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 7/28/2010

Tony of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

Panel,

If for the first half you only play 40 minutes when it should be 45 minutes. How long do you make the 2nd half?

The laws of the game say that the game is to be played in 2 equal halves. However each half should be 45 minutes...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 5/31/2010

Drew DeGraff of High Point, NC USA asks...

I had a U12 CL game at a tournament. The two teams had both won a game and lost a game, so winning meant a lot. Team Blue was up by 1 goal. In the final 10 seconds of the game, the ball was kicked out of bounds by the White team. The Blue team too...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 5/29/2010

A.J. of Nashville, TN USA asks...

Last night I was attending a District Tournament Championship game for a girls high school team in Virginia that I was an assistant for last year.

In VA, the ref keeps time on the field. There is a scoreboard clock that runs until 2:00 is on...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 5/28/2010

Liam Mc Guirk of Dublin, Ireland asks...

During our recent referees seminar a question was put to the panel and the answer given threw up some queries which could not be answered on the night so i am hoping some of your panel will give their opinion.

First the original question.Aft...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 5/15/2010

Darren Boynton of Saco, Maine USA asks...

Is it proper to end a half before a corner kick is set to be taken?...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 5/10/2010

Randy Sheaffer of Lititz, PA USA asks...

Tied at 2 our U11 girls seemingly scored a gamewinning goal late in the game. No whistle was blown, but as they were celebrating, the ref waved the goal off saying that 'time had expired less than half a second before the goal.' We handled it OK, but...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 5/9/2010

Dave of Ottawa, Canada asks...

A corner kick is awarded, at the end of regulation time. Does the ref blow the game off, or allow the kick to corner kick to be taken, then blow the game off?...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 4/26/2010

Tim Weare of hurst green, England asks...

The game is at 3 all, a corner is given and taken, a player kicks the ball over the goalkeepers head but the ref blows the whistle before it hits the back of the net Is this OK ?
(Ps we were all very well behaved if a little disappointed)...

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