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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/29/2016

bob of dc, md usa asks...

I sometimes have difficulty making a call when it is one of the situations when the ball is in the air and one player jumps over another to get it.

The difficulty I have is if it may actually be the person getting jumped on that may have ins...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 7/27/2016

anon of Altadena, ca us asks...

Question 30631 involves a defender at a free kick close to the ball and the attacking player elects to kick anyway. Law 13 provides ' if a player takes a free kick quickly and an opponent who is less than 9.15 m (10 yds) from the ball intercepts it,...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/27/2016

Al of Glassboro, New Jersey USA asks...

OK...How do you decide whether to play on when the goalkeeper attempts to secure the soccer ball or call offsides when there is an obvious attacking player that meets the criteria for being offsides eminently close to the keeper? I had some coaches s...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/27/2016

Smiffy of Harwich , Essex UK asks...

Does the new Offside Law where the free kick is given where the player touched the ball apply only where a player goes back into his own half or is it anywhere they might move to after the pass to them is made and how will the Assistant position him...

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League Specific 7/27/2016

Smiffy of Harwich , Essex UK asks...

I am a bit confused as to who the new "not approaching" the referee applies to. Is it Premiership only or all levels as its going to be very difficult to explain something they have seen on tv is different on a Saturday afternoon amateur match...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 7/26/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

While I understand Referee McHugh's explanation, I'm wondering why there's no comment as to Red 8's hard kick. I can see the restart & the caution to Purple, but just as a throw-in at an opponent is lawful, throwing with excessive force wouldn't be ...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/25/2016

James Kane of N.Wildwood, Nj USA asks...

A ref called off sides, and then explained why and no parents or Coaches heard of this! Our striker was at mid field on our side waiting for the ball to be kicked to him his body was on our side he was standing still but he leaned his head forward th...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/25/2016

George of Parangarecutirimicuaro, CA Sacratomato asks...

There was a restart with a dropped ball in penalty area. I instruct the goalie to pick up the ball and continue play (fair play). As soon as the goalie picks up the ball, there were several confusing instructions yelled at him by parents and coaches....

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/24/2016

Sergio of Fay, Ak Usa asks...

#8 Red was fouled by Purple 5. Red8 places the ball looking to play. 5 Purple stands 2 yards away in front of ball. Red8 kicks hard and directly to Purple 5. What is the call and restart. ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/23/2016

Vaughan Robertson of Auckland, New Zealand asks...

We had an interesting scenario in the weekend - deliberate pass back to the goalie who picked it up. Ref adjudged an indirect free kick... all good, but after the game the goalie (15 years old... an expert!) maintained that he had stopped it with his...

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