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Law 11 - Offside 2/2/2020

Lek Unok of Hua Hin, Prachuabkhirikhan Thailand asks...

In the recent USWNT vs Haiti Olympic Qualifying game, Haiti had a goal disallowed, apparently for offside according to the commentary. The assistant referee does seem to be making the flag signal for an offside offence but the ball came in from a cor...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/30/2020

Jeremy of Boston, MA USA asks...

Can you caution for delaying the restart if they intentionally continually go offside? Say that Team A is leading and there are 5 minutes left. Team A's left and right forward just start running go routes straight down the field way past the defense,...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/29/2020

Alan of NY, NY Usa asks...

In law 12, it currently states a caution and illegal backpass activity for:
" uses a deliberate trick to pass the ball (including from a free kick) to the goalkeeper with the head, chest, knee etc. to circumvent the Law, whether or not the goalke...

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Law 14 - The Penalty kick 1/29/2020

Joe Schmitt of LOUISVILLE, KY us asks...

During the grassroots referee re-certification training, they pointed out two things that appear incorrect but just checking to ensure I didn't miss something:
- during penalty kick, the keeper cannot move
- during throw-in, the feet could ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/29/2020

Dimitrios Protopapas of Limassol , Cyprus asks...

Hello there, I have a question concerning the Cyprus cup match between Apoel vs Apollon taken place on Wednesday January 29.Was it a penalty or not at 0:47 of VIDEO REFERENCE https://youtu.be/bLEZ_h8614
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkLE...

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Law 4 - The Players Equipment 1/29/2020

Renato of Mississauga , Ontario Canada asks...

In a game can both teams were the same coloured shorts and socks ...

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Mechanics 1/28/2020

jeremy of boston, ma usa asks...

Is it unprofessional to be talking all game about why you are/aren't calling fouls? A few years back I went from being relatively silent during games to now probably talking more than any referee I know, constantly and loudly saying why I am or am no...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/28/2020

YANG CAO of Plano, TX USA asks...

This is a follow up question to #33853.

I would like to make some clarifications for my second question in #33853 and hope to get some more answers.

I generally understand how to play advantage and issuing a yellow card during the n...

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Law 18 - Common Sense 1/28/2020

Matt of Bristow, VA 20136 asks...

With reference to a defender bumping and attacker which causes the attacker to contact the ball with their hand/arm and the ball winds up being headed into the goal by a waiting teammate. The panel seems to be in favor of either calling the penalty ...

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High School 1/26/2020

Yang Cao of Plano, TX US asks...

Two questions for y'all:

1)

Let's say in the following scenario we have Team A and Team B.

The game is actively playing and Team A has the ball. A player away from the ball from Team A commits a cautionable foul and the ref...

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