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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/7/2019

Greg Kall of Hillsborough , CA Usa asks...

Interpreted to the letter of the law, then play could continue until that extra player actually interferes with play. However, what if the team with the numerical advantage scores, with that extra player not having interfered with play?...

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Law 4 - The Players Equipment 6/6/2019

STEVE LARSEN of Sebastopol, CA United States asks...

Where in the laws does it prohibit one sock on one foot from being a different color than on the other foot? If the entire team is all the same would this be OK?...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 6/6/2019

gary of nashua, nh usa asks...

It seems a growing number of players and coaches dont know what constitutes a direct free kick or indirect. Had a game recently in which the coach started to announce to players that a careless charging foul was indirect. Had to make an announcement ...

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Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 6/6/2019

Jak of Malindi, Kenya asks...

A goalkeeper in his own penalty area throws the ball into the opponent's goal and it goes in.Is it a goal or no goal and why?...

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Other 6/6/2019

Larry Mittleman of Olney, Maryland United States asks...

A U15 player, apparently out of frustration breaks the corner flag pole across his knee and throws both sections off the field. No other player is within 30 yards and the player does not say anything while doing it.
Is this a caution or a send of...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/3/2019

Edmond Jiang of Chicago, IL USA asks...

If the attacker is fouled but he still controls the ball and next play can seriously make immediate threat to the other team, sure I would give an advantage. But the question or confusion came to me, when the ball is away from the goal, and the attac...

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Other 6/2/2019

Matt Culberson of DECATUR, GA United States asks...

After seeing the Sissoko handball for a PK in the UCL final (not terribly sad about it, up the reds!) it's just another instance of an ambiguous, and overly punitive handball rule giving a team a goal in a huge stage. For a couple years I've had a ru...

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Law 10 - Determining the Outcome of a Match 6/2/2019

Filippo of Palermo, Italy asks...

The last section of Law 11 contains two paragraphs that deal with how offside is to be judged when attacking/defending players are off the field of play:

[FOR DEFENDING PLAYERS]
«A defending player who leaves the field of play without t...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/2/2019

gary of nashua, nh usa asks...

Had an instance in a game the other day in which I played advantage on a handball about 30 yards from attackers goal, only for about a second later for the attacker to handle themselves. I awarded the kick to the defended team. Thoughts......

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Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 6/1/2019

Bob Healy of Whitman, MA USA asks...

Is there a new rule concerning drop ball ...

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