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Mechanics 10/27/2014

Ramon Janeiro of wilmington, delaware usa asks...

To start a game, you call the captains to the middle, you are going to do the coin toss, which team goes first, home or away? And does the winner get to choose, or does he get ball first and the looser gets to choose fields? How does it work?...

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Mechanics 10/25/2014

Jonathan Maholic of Bellefonte, PA USA asks...

I had an incident happen in a recent U10 rec game that I reffed. At this level I was refereeing alone, with no AR's. I called one player for the home team for two fouls within 30 seconds. In the next 2 minutes he went down twice in collisions that he...

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Mechanics 10/25/2014

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

In situations where there is a complete mess up and things are unclear, I feel it is more fair to blow it down and say that the restart will be 'on the whistle.'

In this throw-in case, the second team seemed to gain an unfair advantage from ...

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Mechanics 10/23/2014

Shannon of East Palo Alto, CA USA asks...

While centering a game, there was a crowd of defenders around a player who was trying to shield the ball with the body. After the ball was away, the defenders were complaining that the offensive player threw a late elbow that I didn't see. I asked th...

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Mechanics 10/22/2014

Louis of New Castle, Delaware United States asks...

I was at a hearing about a coach I reported for referee abuse that occurred AFTER the game. It was cited to me that I never technically dismissed the coach and that the referee still holds power at the end of the game to administer proper punishment....

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Mechanics 10/20/2014

Bill Durbrow of Washington, VT USA asks...

Attacker shoots on goal, a defender in the penalty area dives and tries to stop the ball with his hand (did make contact) however the ball had some zip on it and crossed the goal line. Referee whistled when he saw the deliberate hand ball and awarde...

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Mechanics 10/20/2014

Darin of coeurdalene, id usa asks...

Score is tied. only minutes left in the U-14 girls game. (I only mention this to illustrate the urgency the teams are moving at) Ball goes out of bounds off of the blue team. Blue team backs up, white team prepares for the throw. The ref blows his wh...

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Mechanics 10/20/2014

paul beevers of Bradford, uk asks...

A ref booked my player twice but never shown him the red card at the match he said because he didnt show him a red he would put it though as a booking but has sent me a message after the game saying he has put it though as a red card is this correct...

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Mechanics 10/11/2014

alex of London, United Kingdom asks...

The referee has shown the player a 2nd yellow card but is unaware that it is his 2nd yellow. He allows play to restart and the next time the ball goes out of play it is brought to his attention that the player was given his 2nd yellow. The referee th...

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Mechanics 10/11/2014

Colin Walker of oswestry, shropshire engalnd asks...

why do assistant referees always run the line on the left hand side of the goal keeper...

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