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Law 6 - Assistant Referee 9/20/2016

Mike Monce of Lebanon, CT USA asks...

I'd like to comment on the CRs behavior to his young AR on the handling call.

I generally ref within two adjoining small rural towns with small populations. The ref pool generally consists of 5-6 adult refs, and then numerous kids ranging...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/20/2016

Nuno of London, UK asks...

Hi,

in reference to offside rule:

'A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent who deliberately plays the ball (except from a deliberate save by any opponent) is not considered to have gained an advantage'<...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 9/19/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

I'm surprised that most referees would consider a wobble to be movement after the change in the law. Physically, it's impossible to touch a ball without it moving...even a tiny amount. A wobble would mean that the ball would stay shake & then stay ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 9/19/2016

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

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tHeLXd40OpM

In the link above referee change his decision from PK to a DFK against attacker. If the restart is a DFK againt attacker then on what basis. Why not a dropball?...

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Law 4 - Players Equipment 9/19/2016

steve cruise of derby, derbyshire england asks...

Does a boy player with long hair have to tie it back during the game?one of my players was instructed by the ref to do so stateing that it was in the rules on saftey grounds....

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Law 11 - Offside 9/19/2016

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

I feel for Nicholas, who seems FRUSTRATED that an AR has made offside calls that thwarted promising attacks.

If the AR in question took the test Joe McHugh posted, we might well find that Nicolas's concerns are justified.

My complai...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 9/19/2016

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

I guess we have some educating to do in pre-game discussions, to clarify that a kick of some kind is required on IDFKs.

How a 'kick' ever got slimmed down to a tap or feather-light stomp is beyond me. The basic intent in those cases, is to l...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/19/2016

Martin Field of STAFFORD, United Kingdom asks...

What are the rules re 'backing in' and 'holding your ground'?

Yesterday at a game, the referee was continually giving fouls against defenders holding their ground at throw ins - when the attacker was continually and obviously backing in to ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/19/2016

Paul Montopoli of River Vale, NJ United States asks...

What is the call if a goalie catches his own punt outside of the penalty area? It was a rec soccer game.

My advice (I am in charge of the youth refs that officiate the rec games) is that second touch by the goalie takes precedence over the h...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/18/2016

Sarah Fuller of Bedford, Beds England asks...

I was punished as a centre back with an indirect free kick for saying to my back line 'step, leave them in' when I wanted them to get out quickly to play the offside trap when our gk cleared the ball. Was this the correct call from the ref?

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