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High School 4/12/2019

Derek of Cary, IL USA asks...

I am AR1. Play was stopped for an injured player within the opponent's PA. A coach (not the head coach) made a comment ('that's a foul, ref'), and slowly walked to the player while arguing he never said that comment. Referee was confrontational, n...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/11/2019

paul of albuquerque, nm usa asks...

attacker A goes to kick the ball, defender B comes in and both kick the ball at the same time.. ball goes through the air to a player C who was in an offside position when the ball was kicked.

is this offside or not? if attacker and defender...

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Law 3 - The Players 4/11/2019

Scott Cooper of Allen, TX USA asks...

Hi, I had called for a pk after defender handled the ball inside the penalty area. The keeper and one of the defenders on the field start switching gear so the defender could take the PK as a GK, effectively creating a substitution. My thinking at ...

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Law 3 - The Players 4/11/2019

Jamie Marler of Birmingham, Midlands United Kingdom asks...

Can a manager or coach be shown yellow or red cards when in the technical area?

I know a manager or coach can be 'sent off' if the referee feels he has done something wrong, but surely a yellow card would never be shown?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/10/2019

Terri of oakton, va usa asks...

a player passes back to her defender, but defender was not able to trap the ball and ball travels to the goal keeper (directly behind).
Is this considered a deliberate pass back, if the goal keeper was not the original intended recipient?
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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/10/2019

Jak Ward of Derby, United Kingdom asks...

Could you please let me have your views on the correct decision in this scenario?

The ball goes out of play for a goal-kick. The goalkeeper goes to retrieve the ball to begin to start play. An altercation ensues with an attacking player from...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 4/9/2019

John (Iain) Doleman of Las Vegas, NV United States asks...

Can a goal be scored by team taking a DFK in one's own goal...

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Law 10 - Determining the Outcome of a Match 4/9/2019

Pandea Radu-Mihnea of Munich, Germany asks...

Many thanks for your answers.

I have been an analyst in Football Statistics company for over 10 years now so the Dubious Goal Panel is something familiar for me and I find it as the best solution to clear such things.

On the other h...

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League Specific 4/9/2019

Pandea Radu-Mihnea of Munich, Germany asks...

What are the current rules when awarding an own goal.

For years a shot going on goal which was deflected by a defender was always considered a goal for the striker but in recent years many Governing Bodies have adopted a rule of awarding an ...

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Law 4 - The Players Equipment 4/8/2019

Jane of Chesapeake, VA USA asks...

We have a player who has long hair that falls forwards across his eyes. The child has no peripheral vision and sometimes no forward vision. We have asked the childs parent to safely secure the players hair back out of his eyes as we feel it is a safe...

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