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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/30/2015

Sue of Tampa, Fl Usa asks...

A player asks for and received permission to leave the field to have an ankle taped. Well off the field and will play still occurring, he becomes engaged in a fight with an opposing substitute and it sent off. Does a drop ball occur, penalty kick, ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/30/2015

James of Sacramento , Ca Usa asks...

An indirect free kick is awarded to the attacking came outside the opponents penalty area. The referee failed to raise his arm to indicate that the kick is indirect. What decision should referee make when an indirect free kick is awarded to the attac...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/30/2015

Cindy of Atlanta, Ga Usa asks...

A player with an obvious goalscoring opportunity advances with the ball into the opponents penalty area. A defense of player standing just outside the penalty area throws one of his shoes at the ball which causes the ball to be deflected wide of t...

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11/30/2015

Amanda of Tampa, Fl Usa asks...

A player spits a teammate. Is it a drop ball, penalty kick, direct free kick, or indirect free kick?...

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Law 2 - The Ball 11/29/2015

Cigal of anywhere, North America asks...

Can footballs be placed around the field of play for use during the game? We see ball boys all the time. ...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 11/29/2015

Cigal of anywhere, North America asks...

I understand you cannot force a player to leave if he is supposed to be substituted? A player about to be substituted refuses to leave the field of play. So do you caution the player, talk to the captain again to encourage the player to leave the fie...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 11/29/2015

Amanda of Tampa, Florida Usa asks...

If a player about to be substituted refuses to leave the field of play? Does the ref. caution him, abandon the game, talk to the captain and have him encourage the player to leave, play should be restarted and continues?...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/29/2015

Brad of Plymouth, Michigan United States asks...

I was AR and Green #13 was in an offside position. Ball was passed by green teammate into the air. Green #13 came back to the ball (offside restricted), passing a few defenders. She approached one defender, preparing to play the ball. The defender...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/26/2015

Alain of Victoria, BC Canada asks...

If a team changes their keeper at half-time and the coach doesn't notify you, when do you issue the yellow card to the new and previous keeper? Do you have to wait until the kickoff is taken at the start of the second half?...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 11/23/2015

Laura of :), VA USA asks...

In my last question I explained how I'd gotten my first yellow card for standing in font of the ball during a free-kick. Thank you so much for the answers! I was just very confused by the ref because his reasoning for why the opposing team had been a...

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