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Law 15 - The Throw In 10/26/2023

Gregg Slaff of Pequannock Township, NJ United States asks...

If a team is awarded a throw in and the thrower throws the ball down the line with the ball, staying on the line for a period of 10 to 15 yards and then goes out of bounds. What is the ball ever in play?...

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Mechanics 10/26/2023

Crebs Crem of Zagreb, Croatia asks...

Hi,

In the following scenario, what should the referee decide?

Player A2 commits a serious foul play on player B10 outside the penalty area, the referee sees the incident but the ball falls in front of player B9, who is one one ...

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Law 18 - Common Sense 10/25/2023

Mateo of New York, NY US asks...

Thank you refs for the response. The circumstances were the scoring team had just registered its fifth goal to take a 5-0 lead and the goal was scored by the player least likely to score. Everyone was happy for him and ran off the field to celebrate...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/25/2023

Mike of London, United Kingdom asks...

Ball is played through. OffensivePlayerA1, onside, runs with the ball towards goal and towards DefendingKeeperA1. OffensivePlayerA1 goes past DefendingKeeperA1 leaving DefendingKeeperA1. OffensivePlayerA1
stops on the edge of the penalty area...

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High School 10/24/2023

Mateo of New York, NY US asks...

Can a conceding team restart play from the center circle without the scoring team on the field? Saw this today and referee allowed team to score into empty goal. Never seen this before. ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/24/2023

Umidjon of Shenzhen, Guangdong China asks...

Hi,

We had curious situation in our last match which was awarded with penalty against my team by the referee of the match. I would appreciate if you could share with your comments as we want to have professional opinion this.

T...

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League Specific 10/23/2023

John Schruefer of Baltimore, MD USS asks...

In an U11 game, no headballs allowed. A ball incidentally hits a player’s. You have to drop the ball. Which team gets the drop? ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/21/2023

Larry of Danville, California United States asks...

I was watching a high level U17 boys game and saw on odd situation. Game is tied in the last couple minutes and a PK is called. Before the PK is taken the players are mouthing off to each other and there is some shoving. A YC is given to the GK. Noth...

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Law 14 - The Penalty kick 10/20/2023

Erin Bromage of North Dartmouth, Massachusetts United States asks...

2 referee HS game.

Penalty Kick clarification.

At a recent game, a PK was awarded. Clear violation inside the box. Both teams lined up outside the goal box/arc. As the player taking the kick advanced to the ball a team mate cl...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/19/2023

Barry of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

I saw this video clip on Facebook. There's no context of when, where, or if a foul was called. Gavi gets carded so often, I can't easily pick up this one on an internet search. Perhaps that means he was not cautioned or ejected in this case?

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