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Law 5 - The Referee 8/28/2010Erik of Arlington, TX USA asks...I have a crazy idea of signing up to be a full fledged referee, probably for the spring season. Though,I still want to play competitively. Would I have to give up playing soccer in order to referee games? How long would it normally take be...
Read The Full Q & A Law 5 - The Referee 8/27/2010Mike of Chino Hills, CA USA asks...How stringently should a referee enforce encroachment during the penalty kick? In his answer, Referee McHugh mentioned that it appeared that the encroachment was accepted by either team, and may be considered trifling. I've heard similar arguments,...
Read The Full Q & A Law 5 - The Referee 8/27/2010Dave of Des Moines, IA US asks...Can you give a brief explanation of the Advice to the Referees? I'm just a little confused as to why there are both. Is it just a detailed version of the laws? Do all countries have there own set of details of the LOTG? My ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 5 - The Referee 8/27/2010stopgap of sydney, nsw australia asks...I was refereeing a match recently with no ARs and mistakenly blew for offside(there was a defender standing by the sideline keeping the attackers onside). As you would expect the attackers pointed to the defender. I still gave the indirect free kick ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 5 - The Referee 8/24/2010Dave of Des Moines, IA US asks...Was reading another ask-the-ref website, (sorry, I feel so ashamed) where there was a question about an incorrect restart. It said that the ref awarded a direct FK inside the PA and the subsequent kick went over the net. THEN, he noticed the ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 5 - The Referee 8/24/2010hannah of New York City, New York Usa asks...I was wondering, is there any law or rule that a ref can not ref his sons house league game? please advise, and if there is such a rule, please send proof. thanks. ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 5 - The Referee 8/23/2010Chris Burns of Middletown, Ohio United States of America asks...Trickery on a corner kick? Attacking team is setting up to take a corner kick. Player places ball and steps back. She is clearly ready to kick. Coach yells 'Have Sue take the kick'. Within seconds of this comment the player kicks the ball about 15 ya...
Read The Full Q & A Law 5 - The Referee 8/10/2010Tim O'Neill of Merced, CA 95341 asks...If a coach gets out of control and I ask him/her to leave the vicinity would I show a red card or just tell him/her to leave and keep his card?...
Read The Full Q & A Law 5 - The Referee 8/1/2010Steve Goldberg of Cupertino, Ca USA asks...My question relates to the consistency of calling fouls inside and outside the penalty box. I just completed a tournament for U12 girls and refereed the championship game. Although I think the score is inconsequential, Red was ahead 3-0 hal...
Read The Full Q & A Law 5 - The Referee 7/25/2010Scott Madden of Watertown, NY USA asks...This may seem as a silly question, but I figured what the heck. I am in the US Military and am shortly going to be moving to Germany for a couple of years. I have been a USSF certified Ref off and on since 2001. Is there any specific way to become ce...
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