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Law 4 - Players Equipment 1/28/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

This comes up in AYSO all the time. By the way, they happen to sell soft studs (clear) on Amazon.com & probably other places. I doubt that a removal for 1-1/2 hours would cause the piercing to close. My daughter played soccer for years with pierce...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 1/28/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

Referee McHugh makes an interesting point. Could you ever find a 2nd touch violation trivial?
e.g. Suppose there's a penalty shot which hits the crossbar & bounces back. However, it's a muddy field & the kicker slips. He's flat on his back whe...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 1/27/2016

Uriel Choi of CHANDLER, AZ United States asks...


A penalty kick is being taken. The ball bounces off the cross bar back to the player taking the kick, he then kicks the ball again, into the goal.

Do you...

allow the goal,
restart with a indirect free kick,
restart wi...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/27/2016

Rodney Plaskett of Hartsdale, New York USA asks...

What determines whether a kick should bea direct versus an indirect kick.

When a coach or manager is being unruly/abusive to the ref. What actions can the ref take?

WYSL New York Travel ...

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Law 4 - Players Equipment 1/27/2016

Carl Donkin of Sunderland, England asks...

During a game my football boots were feeling uncomfortable. I asked the referee if I could leave the field to change my boots, he agreed I could but advised to wait for him to call me back onto the pitch. I changed my boots and shouted to the ref tha...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 1/27/2016

mac of tampa, FL USA asks...

Can a player be within 10 yards of an opponent's free kick when the taker of the kick didn't ask for 10 yards? Does this deserve a caution? ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/27/2016

Al of Strathroy, ON Canada asks...

Not exact quotes. A very interesting question cropped up recently in a referee group. I paraphrased the LOTG.

Law 10: A goal cannot be scored if the team has committed an infringement of the LOTG.

Law 3: A team consists of no mo...

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Law 4 - Players Equipment 1/27/2016

Gareth Roberts of Machynlleth, Powys United Kingdom asks...

Can a Player Manager leave the technical area to warm up?
Would he be allowed to give instruction to his players while doing so?
If his side were given a penalty would he be allowed to ''warm up'' behind that goal and distract their Goalie?
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Law 5 - The Referee 1/26/2016

Brad of Plymouth, Michigan United States asks...

My team was playing Futsal and my GK took a hard shot from close range to the face and went to ground. Referee allowed play to continue. After about 4-5 seconds GK rose up again, with one closed eye. I kept yelling to referee 'Goalie is down, stop...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 1/25/2016

Paul of Milton, ON Canada asks...

On a dropped ball, the LOTG state that a goal cannot be scored directly. However, would the goal count if a player receives the ball from a dropped ball, dribble it for 5-10 seconds then kicks the ball towards goal and it enters the goal without it ...

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