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Law 3 - Number of Players 9/25/2016

Elizabeth of Bay point, CALIFORNIA Usa asks...

Ive been a soccer parent for 8 year but never really paied much attention to all the soccer rules untill i became a coach to my own team U15 girls. During half time at our first game the goal keeper was changed with out notifing the two referees i no...

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Law 4 - Players Equipment 9/24/2016

Haji Hussain Jan of Muscat, Muscat Oman asks...

why player is caution if he removes his shirt while celebrating?
in a substitution, if a player removes his shirt before he has left the field, CAUTION??...

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Law 4 - Players Equipment 9/24/2016

Haji Hussain Jan of Muscat, Muscat Oman asks...

why player remove shirt which has blood on it?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/24/2016

Terry Ryan of Roscommon, Ireland asks...

Is it an offence to raise your arm and call for an offside? EG I am playing centre half, the ball is played to the striker who is in an offside position so I shout 'Offside', is this a yellow card offence as a referee told me tonight? Thanks....

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/24/2016

Piero Dallarda of Riverside, California United States asks...

What is the appropriate call when a defender kicks the goal back to the goalkeeper and the goalkeeper picks it up with his hands denying a forward from the other team the opportunity to score? ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 9/23/2016

bob terranova of Tenafly, new jersey usa asks...

what is restart when goalie gets cautioned in penalty box for dissent?...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 9/23/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

I have a question about kicks from the penalty mark regarding reduce to equate. Suppose you start out with 8 players on each team (blue & red). During the KFTPM, blue GK can't continue.

Are there 2 possible scenarios?
1. Blue takes an...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 9/23/2016

Haji Hussain Jan of Muscat, Muscat Oman asks...

If a in corner arc or on the line of corner arc. Position of free kick can be inside arc?...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 9/23/2016

Haji Hussain Jan of Muscat, Muscat Oman asks...

'No field player can act as a goalkeeper in penalty shootout unless player is already a goalkeeper during playing time'.
Can you explain above penalty shootout rule?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/22/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

Suppose an attacker is dribbling down the line & a defender behind him goes out of bounds to go around him. If they were then running side by side, couldn't either one of them charge the other, shoulder to shoulder? I mean, if both had been side by...

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