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Law 11 - Offside 9/2/2017

Jorge of Valencia, Spain asks...

Hi,
I have a question related to the offside. If a player is right on the halfway line (but not over) when a teammate passes him the ball, the ref should call offside?
Thank you....

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/1/2017

Aaron Speca of Virginia Beach, VA United States asks...

Hm ... what do we think of this one? Looks like a pushoff by the offensive player? (No call on field - goal stands)

I think if there were no arm involvement it might be different, but then the player probably wouldn't have gotten away so c...

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League Specific 8/31/2017

Justin of Hubbard, OR United States asks...

I was wondering if you have to get a different type of badge for every type of soccer you ref... plz respond...

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Law 14 - The Penalty kick 8/31/2017

Dmitry of New Westminster, British Columbia Canada asks...

Ok. my soccer friends. New book came out for Soccer Laws of the game. Does this make any sense or I am missing something?
if both the goalkeeper and kicker commit an offence at the same time:
if the kick is missed or saved, the kick is retake...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/31/2017

Russell of Sydney, Downunder asks...

To me it seemed like he did not need to make the contact with the AR (myself in this instance).
The push was certainly more about gaining a better position then it was about protection of an unavoidable collision.
It was quiet apparent that ...

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Law 4 - The Players Equipment 8/31/2017

Wayne smith of Auckland , New zealand asks...

What are the rules on a player playing with a broken wrist...

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Law 18 - Common Sense 8/30/2017

Russell of Sudney, Australia asks...

Player has to veer off the FOP as part of chasing down a ball that is rolling quickly and parallel to the sideline on the attacking right side of the field.

The veer off the FOP is due to a defender coming in from the left at a right angle ...

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Law 14 - The Penalty kick 8/28/2017

Douglas Wix of Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom asks...

How about your view of Scmeichals save against Man utd & even mentioned by Lineker-still no retake! If you have time refs have a look at the c.l.final at Old Trafford in early 2000's Juve v Milan. Enough said me thinks. Btw if I ever see a retake & y...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/28/2017

Harley Goldman of Melbourne, Victoria Australia asks...

The following items are all misconduct offences which result in a CAUTION (yellow card) or a SEND OFF (red card). Pick the letters next to the offences which result in a SEND OFF:

A) Delaying the restart of play
B) Deliberately leaving t...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/27/2017

Richard Duncan of Frostburg, MD usa asks...

I had a colleague explain his version of an offside call. Tell me what you think. A player (1) is in an offside position as player (2) passes the ball to an onside team mate (3) who dribbles the ball beyond player (1) without being challenged or los...

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