Questions & Answers for "High School"

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Other 5/9/2008

Kevin of Philly, PA USA asks...

Has there ever been or is there now any movement towards bringing High School Soccer under the USSF?

I think we would all agree it would be in the best interest of the game. From a referee standpoint it would make life easier. I am USSF c...

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League Specific 5/5/2008

Gil of Ann Arbor, MI USA asks...

This question [18967] says "Rec, Select, High School". If the question were, in fact, around High School (NFHS) rules, there is no provision for disqualifying a player for denying a goal scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball. Rule 12...

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League Specific 4/30/2008

Steve of Stockton, CA USA asks...

I have never worked a high school game, and my own HS playing career was so long ago that the referees used stone whistles, but tonight at my daughter's match, I noticed that the referees (dual system) were blowing their whistles EVERY SINGLE TIME th...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 4/28/2008

Lee of S. Ok., B.C. Canada asks...

Hi, I've just gone thru, read & absorbed most of these previous 'free kick' questions & answers looking for a scenario similar to what I encountered in my U15 boys match yesterday. I've definitely learned more and this question 17419 is somewhat rele...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/26/2008

Tracey Casto of Goldsboro, NC USA asks...

Is "screening" a player allowed in high school soccer?...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 4/24/2008

Dave E of Clarkston, WA USA asks...

High School Substitutions

At today's high school match, a coach who is also a referee, criticized us for insisting that substitutes were not permitted to enter the field until the player being replaced left the field. He said that is only...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/24/2008

Joyce of honokaa, hawaii usa asks...

OK I'll frame this as a question, Why you guys have to be so harsh? I was hoping to send him to this web site for helpful instruction, but it might not help him improve his game by calling him a "heathen", Though I do like how you would handled the s...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 4/23/2008

Miles Hoover of Altus, OK USA asks...

The other 2 refs with me the other night for a high school match were discussing direct and indirect free kicks from inside one's own penalty area. They thought all restarts required the ball to exit the penalty area before it could be played by anot...

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League Specific 4/23/2008

psmigiel of pierson, mi montcalm asks...

Anyone out there knon the answer High School NFHS-MHSAA!
A soccer official on a dual referee system arrives at half time..His job kept him at work.
Are there deductions from his pay and does the other referee get paid more for doing first h...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 4/22/2008

Gary of Nashville, TN USA asks...

I was watching a high school boys game yesterday when there was a tripping foul called on the white team at about the 20 yard line, on white's side of the field. Players start to line up for a wall, and the blue team (kicking) asked for 10 yards. Co...

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