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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/22/2016

Jason of Wylie, Texas US asks...

So the OP's question about the ball trapped in the corner and the answer that the opposing player could go around and poke it back to their team mate made me think. I've never given players leaving the field during normal play that much thought as it...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/22/2016

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

Re: being offside when coming back to a ball that was passed backward.

I would like to see it clarified in the the Laws, allowing the square or backward pass to be exempt from offside calls.

Rugby and North American (gridiron) footb...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/21/2016

Nigel Reed of Melbourne, Vic Australia asks...

My name is Nigel Reed, I am the technical director at Eastern Lions - NPL2

I was hoping that you could help clear up an offside ruling?

Can a player be offside if the ball is passed backwards?

My view is that the player is ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/20/2016

Troy Foland of Lavale, MD United States asks...

More about Leaving field of play . A Defender has trapped and is shielding the ball in their own corner. Attacker could toe poke it out but the attacker leaves field and pokes ball between defender's legs to attacker two. Ref allowed play to contin...

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Law 1- The Field 8/20/2016

Terence Farrell of Manchester, England asks...

Last season I attended a match at Manchester United.At half-time as the teams left the pitch,the sprinklers were turned on in the penalty area that the away team would be defending.So my question is once the game has started can the home team alter t...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 8/19/2016

Romeo of Toronto, ON Canada asks...

Hi:

We had a very good referee in a recent game. We were tied, played extra time (each team scored another goal), and went to penalties.

The other team had a red card. The referee told us we needed to go down a player. I asked hi...

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Law 17 - Corner Kick 8/17/2016

karl kockler of exton, PA Chester asks...

I remember reading the rules back when I was a coach and being suprised that a corner kick can be awarded for some reason other than the defending team having last touch befor the ball going over the goal line (other than between the posts). I can no...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/16/2016

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

Hello, my question is about unsporting behaviour. I mean only common fouls, which are not in dangerous manner. For example fouls in penalty area or fouls near this area. (Sometimes they are punished with a yellow card, sometimes not.) I mean also fou...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/16/2016

Thomas Schaller of River Forest, IL United States asks...

So for the competitive youth level I would not be wrong to instruct my ARs to flag for offside as soon as the attacker in an offside position is becoming active and might get to the ball first? I just hate to wait to see who gets to the ball first wh...

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Other 8/16/2016

Momen of Jenin, Palestine asks...

please give trivia questions about the recent version of the laws of the game???
do you have videos and clips about the newest changes??
best regards ...

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