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High School 11/2/2017

Steve Bryan of Clemmons, NC USA asks...

I was keeping the time clock and the home team kept instructing to restart the clock on the whistle after a stoppage for injury or a card. I have been told that you start the clock when the ball is put in play not on the whistle-what does the rule sa...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/2/2017

Muhammad Rizwan of Abbottabad, Abbottabad Pakistan asks...

Sir, During the match a goalkeeper while kick-off just measure the goal post with his feet and after getting the center of the goalpost he just draw a line with his boat/shoes and in result the white line is damage and he draw this line upto penalty ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 11/1/2017

Muhammad Rizwan of Abbottabad, Abbottabad Pakistan asks...

R/Sir, during a match here in our region a teams leave the ground after the decision made by the referee that AR flagged for offside but referee didn't see it and goal was score as same happened here in this video...

https://m.youtube.com/w...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/1/2017

Salvador Flores of Ligonier, IN United States asks...

Question 1:
If an attacking player is dribbling the ball inside the penalty area and a a defender is running just behind the attacking, but the defender slips and trips the attacking, is it a foul on the attacker?
Question 2:
Should you ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/1/2017

Alex C of LF, NJ USA asks...

We had a similar issue against our team. Our GK touched an indirect kick and it went it. Should our goalie have simply ignored it and have not tried made a play at it and let it go in directly which would have resulted in a goal kick?...

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League Specific 11/1/2017

anon of Los Angeles, CA US asks...

The answers to the question were not AYSO specific, and not completely in sync with how AYSO has implemented the BOL. (E.g., opponents may cross the BOL when the GK is kicked, not when it is in play by leaving the PA.) There is an excellent video of ...

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Law 10 - Determining the Outcome of a Match 10/31/2017

Peter of Stockton, CA USA asks...

Hi

Firstly thanks for all my questions that you have answered in the past.

Last Saturday I was a single referee doing a U10 game between the red and the white teams. The teams were evenly matched and it was a great game. The red tea...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/31/2017

Anthony Bailey of Hamilton, Paget Bermuda asks...

Law 12 Advantage:

If a player commits an offense that warrants a yellow card but the ref plays the advantage and as play continues the same offending player gets involved in active play by challenging for the ball should play be stopped and ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/31/2017

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

I agree, the red for the defender's handling was harsh.

As a ref, I am a stickler for not barging from behind, as the attacker did here in contacting the defender's shoulder blade. That would have been my first call, though I suspect at this...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/31/2017

Rich of London, London United Kingdom asks...

Hi, thanks for your help with this.

A player on Team A is moving towards the ball, but has his path impeded by a stationary member of Team B. Is it foul by the player on Team B?

To add some context; the player on Team B is aware t...

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