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Law 11 - Offside 12/14/2017

Tom Schaller of River Forest, IL USA asks...

Thank you for your answers. I recall the play as the PIOP being at least 5 yards away at the time the defender tries to clear the ball. So in my opinion play should have continued.

I would say until a few years ago the defender had to have c...

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Law 11 - Offside 12/14/2017

anon of altadena, ca us asks...

The questioner did not say who was called OS. But he did say that the teammate who initially took the PK was in front of him at the time of the follow up shot. It is possible that it was that teammate who was called OS for blocking the vision of th...

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High School 12/13/2017

Jeff Reiner of Captain Cook, Hawaii USA asks...

An attacker is NOT in an offside position when his teammate touches/kicks the ball toward the goal. The attacker runs in an offside position before the ball arrives. Is it an offside foul?...

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Other 12/13/2017

Tony of Whitehorse, Yukon Canada asks...

Futsal!!!

A goalie may only have possession for 4 seconds in his own half and may only play the ball once until it touches an opposing player. However, if he is in the attacking zone or the opposing zone he can play as a normal player.
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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 12/13/2017

Salvador Flores of Indianapolis, Indiana United States asks...

I had a question, its a scenario question. If a forward shoots the ball into the goal and as the ball is going the keeper throws his soccer cleat to stop the ball from going in and it stops it, what is the correct call or restart? Is it a pk or an in...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 12/13/2017

Alan of Lincoln, England United Kingdom asks...

Goalkeeper is holding the ball, if his feet are outside the box but ball is held inside the box is it handball. Likewise, his feet are inside but ball is outside is this handball. ...

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Law 14 - The Penalty kick 12/13/2017

Larry of Danville, CA USA asks...

I just had a new referee tell me that the trick corner kick, where one player gives the ball a slight kick and another player then comes in and dribbles it away, is no longer legal. The new ref said he was told by his instructor that this is a form o...

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Law 17 - The Corner Kick 12/13/2017

Tom Schaller of River Forest, IL USA asks...

With the new offside rule (defender making a deliberate attempt to play ball, no matter of the outcome, attacking player standing in offside is now considered onside) I wanted to find out your take on a recent play I saw in an Arsenal game.

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Law 14 - The Penalty kick 12/13/2017

Robert Palmer of Los Angeles, CA United States asks...

# My team gets a penalty. I did not take it
# Keeper saves the penalty
# I run in with the other teams defenders
# I reach the ball and shoot from the rebound and score
# The Penalty taker is infront of me when I shoot

The re...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 12/12/2017

engin ataman of olympia, Washington United States asks...

http://tr.beinsports.com/haber/kayserispor-besiktas-6

between 1:31 and 1:50

penalty or not? your opinions greatly appreciated..
thank you...

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