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Law 5 - The Referee 6/26/2016

waym of Auckland , New Zealand asks...

A Referee gave a free kick at the edge of the penalty area for a foul during the end of a cup game, an altercation happened between the defender and attacker, He gave the defender a yellow card for over re-acting from a push, and a Red card to the At...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/25/2016

Martin audas of Liverpool , uk asks...

If a keeper is wasting time in the 18 yard box can the ref give him a yellow card for time wasting or ungentlemenly conduct.if so is it then considered a foul and therefore a penalty ?97659...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/24/2016

sam of oakland, ca usa asks...

Say you are a medical professional (nurse, physical therapist/physiotherapist, doctor, medical assistant, etc) who is also a referee. You are refereeing a game where an injury (either minor or possibly serious) occurs and the teams do not have any tr...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 6/24/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

I have some follow-up questions to Q# 30533:
Referee Joe McHugh says it will be more difficult to deal with encroachment.
1) Is this because you believe that fewer referees will be willing to caution (& especially dismiss) a GK? i.e. in the ...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 6/24/2016

Russell Berkowitz of Pacheco, CA - California USA asks...

Question about Penalty Kicks.

During a penalty kick, everyone was set up properly (refs, ball, keeper, kicker, etc..) the ref blew the whistle for the kick, but the kicker walked up to the ball, picked it up and reset it. The kicker didn't...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 6/24/2016

Russell of Sydney, Australia asks...

Regarding the point about the Croatian keeper coming off the line early and not being pulled up for it, I totally understand that as Ref McHugh indicates - a very large percentage of keepers infringe the rules (as do the defenders and attackers encro...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 6/23/2016

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

Situation: late in a close game, the attacker takes a shot just as a defender leaps in the way to block it.

The shot is going wide anyway but the referee and shooter both see the ball contact the defender's loose jersey, dangling out behind ...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 6/23/2016

Michael S of redwood city, California United States asks...

When taking kicks from the mark to determine a winner. Goalie comes off the line too early and is cautioned. Later, he does the same thing and is cautioned again, which now results in an ejection. When does the opposing team have to reduce the num...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/23/2016

Nick of Peterborough, Ontario Canada asks...

While I was reffing an old timers game I came across a situation where the defending player who was under pressure in his own end plays the ball back (likely to his keeper) however he kicks it into a crowd of three players (mix of attacking/defending...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 6/21/2016

Russell of Sydney, Australia asks...

What point is there of goal line assistants if they don't do as required.
Today's Spain / Croatia match had a penalty awarded to Spain.
As soft as the penalty was, I question why the goal line assistant did not call the keeper clearly movin...

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