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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/7/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

Under the new LOTG, 12.9, the referee can (on rare occasions)allow advantage to be played on a red card offense. I want to see if I understand what happens.

Suppose blue attacker A1 is dribbling toward red goal. Red D1 does a tackle with e...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/7/2016

K Butler of Chicago, Illinois United States asks...

thanks for the citation by Joe McHugh to the UEFA guidelines. Referee Peter Grove makes reference to guidelines from FIFA. Can you please tell me the source of these guidelines? If they are published, I'd like to refer others to the source....

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Law 11 - Offside 9/7/2016

Jeff of Canton, MA USA asks...

'As the defender had time to stick out his leg to play the ball that may not be considered a deflection or a rebound. If it is deemed a play on the ball then offside is reset and it is play on.'

So, if a true deflection, offside is reset eve...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/7/2016

Mark Ralt of Santa Rosa, California USA asks...

In the LOTG, for a player to be back in an onside position from an offside position, it says when the ball leaves the field and the other team has the restart. For example, an attacker from Team A was offsides and returned to an onside position and t...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 9/6/2016

Russell of Sydney, Australua asks...

Am keen to read the panels assessment of the August You Call It scenario.

Regards

Russell ...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/6/2016

Tarr of quartz hill ca, calif usa asks...

Canada vs Salvador. Salvador defender has ball in his penalty area. Kicks ball to clear but ball deflects off Canada player in onside position and goes to Canada player in offside position. Goal scored. 1. Goal is allowed? Why? 2. Ball appears to def...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/6/2016

Jeff of Canton, MA USA asks...

During a weekend tournament, the attacking player played a through ball up the middle to an on-side team mate. The defender stuck out his leg to defend the pass, and the ball re-directed 20 yards to the outside, where an offensive player was in an o...

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Law 15 - Throw In 9/6/2016

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

I know what the Laws say about feet on or behind the line at throw-ins but is there any sensible reason why the line touch is allowed?

The sideline is part of the playing surface, unlike in basketball or gridiron football, so it would be log...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/5/2016

pete hoyt of san marcos, tx US asks...

Two attackers have beaten the 2nd to the last defender and converging on the keeper.Can player A legally pass the ball to player B since they are beyond the last defender? If so, does it matter if it is a forward or backwards pass?...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 9/5/2016

Jack of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

In the past, when a substitute entered the field of play and the ball was in play, we would apply a silent advantage if the other team had possession. When possession changed over (or if the team of the substitute had possession when the illegal entr...

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