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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/11/2017

C Busby of Amaroo, ACT Australia asks...

Question on the back pass ruling. In a Local, quite windy Division 1 game, the ball was back passed to the goalkeeper. Goalkeeper knowing it was a back pass tried to kick the ball up the field. He miss kicked the ball which looped up in the air and h...

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League Specific 8/10/2017

john of new orleans, la usa asks...

Say you have what was a pretty heated match (as most boys/men's high skill level games over age 14 or so are) with a number of yellow cards, possible ejections, confrontations, etc.

What is the referee's jurisdiction to completely prevent a ...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/10/2017

Tony of Warner Robins, Georgia United States asks...

On a goal kick If a goal keeper kicks the ball all the way up the field to a striker and nobody touches it but the striker would that striker who is in an offside position still be able to score? The reason I ask is I was watching a Professional B...

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Law 4 - The Players Equipment 8/9/2017

Robert Belk of Bethesda, MD United States asks...

Under NHSF rules, a rolled bandana, knotted behind the head with the ends flapping in the breeze is considered as ornamentation and is not allowed.

What is the USSF position on this? Based on the USSF position that anything out of the ordin...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/9/2017

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

'Playing in a dangerous manner is any action that, while trying to play the
ball, threatens injury to someone (including the player themself)'

I've never called it, but if defender A is bending over to head a low bouncing ball, just as d...

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Law 18 - Common Sense 8/9/2017

Jack Smith of Manteca, CA US asks...

Debated question. When a player is ejected from the game, can they return to the field, at the end of the game, for post-game handshakes. Due to the ejection, is not the player ineligible to return to the field, for any game related item.

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/8/2017

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

The match referee Radek Prihoda explains his decision:

'The player did not increase the volume. The hand did not go against the ball. But reaching a goal after handball is against football. It will be terrible to me. It's a big punishment fo...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/8/2017

Steve Quinn of Perth, Western Australia Australia asks...

All the recent discussion about dangerous play made me check the wording in the updated Laws of the Game. Here it says in Law 12 that:

'Playing in a dangerous manner is any action that, while trying to play the
ball, threatens injury to...

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Law 14 - The Penalty kick 8/8/2017

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

Thank you so much for informative replies. So the law isnt being applied really is it? Maybe if a ref did make a retake & give a caution or even send keeper off with 2nd csution it would dtop it. Adrian of West Ham is worst offender. The VAR would so...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/7/2017

Troy of Sherbrooke, QC Canada asks...

The defender makes contact With his foot to the attackers face, while the attacker is standing upright. Is this still an inderect free kick. Seems strange that kicking someone in the face would not merit a direct free kick. Thanks ...

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