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Law 1- The Field 5/11/2022

Anthony of New york, NY United States asks...

While in play our forward took a high arching shot from midfield the ball bounced at the top of the box and was going towards the goal. The goalie backed up as it was over his head into the goal reached up and hit ball as his hand was caught in the n...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/10/2022

sal of Chicago, Illinois United States asks...

Player A1 takes a shot on goal, the goal keeper is way out his goal line. Only a B1 defender stands between the goal and the ball. A2 is standing by the six yard line in an offside position. The ball is deliberately handled in the goal line by the B1...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/8/2022

Daniel of Toronto, ON Canada asks...

In the recent Toronto v Vancouver game, the shot was taken and the Vancouver GK saved the shot. He then lost the ball and it bounced in front of him allowing Jayden Nelson to shoot the ball directly into the GK hands and into the goal. It was inst...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 5/7/2022

Mark Krawiec of Rocklin, CA USA asks...

Recent Norcal U19 Boys state cup playoff game out in Davis, CA. Ends even, goes into penalty kicks.

During one attempt, the player slips, ends up double touching the ball, which slips past the keeper.

After the usual discussion...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/4/2022

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

Hello,

two 'handball' situations, please.

Situation 1:

'First' part of the arm (f.e. from the elbow to the fingers) makes the body unnaturally bigger. 'Second' part (f.e. from the elbow to the shoulder) is close to ...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/2/2022

steven hocker of Gardner, KS United States asks...

Offside:
our team had a girl that was offsides at the time the ball was passed to her. It was called offsides, but the referee asked the side judge if the defender had touched or deflected the ball.

Not knowing much about soccer, I t...

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League Specific 5/1/2022

Leonard Jenkins of Middle Island, NY United States asks...

A corner kick is awarded. A player from the attacking team places the ball within the corner arc with his hands and then seems to reposition the ball with his foot moving it a negligible amount (but it is not in the same spot it was prior to the tou...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/28/2022

Leilit of Ankara, Turkey asks...

Hello all of you,
There is a penalty. The forward puts the ball on the spot and standing about 2 meters behind it.
The keeper is on the goal line ready for the shoot.
Then the forward, probably in order to take the keeper a bit out of ...

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Mechanics 4/27/2022

Peter Babbage of Hjorring, Denmark asks...

I am seeking clarification regarding sanctions to the manager/coach. Should the first time you go over to warn him that he is over stepping the mark be a verbal warning or a yellow card?So assuming you issue a yellow card must the next sanction be a ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/26/2022

Eli of tel aviv, Israel asks...

Hello,

A goalkeeper seems to waste time in his area.
The other goalkeeper in the other area is crazy of that, and spitting towards the other keeper. There is a distance of the whole field between them so there is no chance the spit wi...

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