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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 8/14/2010

Anele of Dundee, South Africa asks...

When is a ball in and out...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 6/20/2010

Sean of Charles Town, WV USA asks...

So, I've been studying to become an official, and I'm fairly confident in my understanding of the laws.

Here is the scenario:

We were in an adult league game (I'm playing defense), play was in the middle of the field, next to the ...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 6/11/2010

sam of oregon, Wisconsin USA asks...

If the goalie saves it and then rolls or walks out of bounds without the ball touching out of bounds is it out? I wonder because I see people save it with some part of their body touching out. thanks...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 6/11/2010

Ed of Los Angeles, CA USA asks...

This just happened in the France-Uruguay game: The keeper picks up the ball in the penalty area near the goal line and his momentum takes him over the goal line. He runs back onto the field and kicks the ball away. Why not a corner kick?...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 5/21/2010

Stanley Lo of BROOKFIELD, WI United States asks...

A shot is taken and comes off the hands of the goalie. The goal hits the top of the square cross bar and returns to the field of play. The ball is subsequently shot into the goal by an offensive player.

Is this a goal or is was the ball co...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 5/14/2010

Mike of Chino Hills, CA USA asks...

An experienced referee gave me the following scenario. Two players get ready for a corner kick. Both players step outside the field at the corner. One player gives the ball a light kick to put it in play. His teammate then takes a step onto the f...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 5/12/2010

Greg Walsh of fredericksburg, va usa asks...

Can a player be the first to play the ball after briefly exiting the field of play off the endline and then re-entering(ignoring any offside scenerio).

i.e. an offensive player(#1) passes the ball to a teammate(#2) then #1 goes out the endli...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 3/20/2010

Mark of Port coquitlam, Bc Canada asks...

Does the ball have to completly cross the line to be out or just partially?
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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 3/16/2010

edward levene of london, uk asks...

hi there i watched a game recently where a player shot the the ball over the crossbar whist in the penalty area. as he has shot ball over the player was then fouled as the ball left the field of play a goal kick was given is this correct...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 11/7/2009

Jeff Weitkamp of Wentzville, MO usa asks...

on an indirect free kick, does the ball have to go one full revolution before the second person can touch it and count as a goal?...

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