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Mechanics 8/30/2007

Stephanie of Santa Rosa, CA Sonoma asks...

I have 11 girls rostered, 4 of whom are technically U12 players (10 yrs old 5th graders, playing against 13 yr old 8th graders) who were moved up because there weren't enough players in our club in either age group.

I'm also a somewhat ine...

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Mechanics 8/29/2007

James Meade of Flower Mound, Texas US asks...

I'm a AR, I have most of it down. I just have one question. What do you do to signal a goal. for some reason I rember having to run up the sideline with my flag by my side towerds the center line. And how do you show a goal if the ball goes over the ...

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Mechanics 8/28/2007

Ryan of Flower Mound, Texas USA asks...

Dear Referee Panel,

Pesonally, when I do a middle missing one or more assistants at the adult and competitive levels I do not use club lines anymore. Even when you tell players what the limits of the club lines are they still expect the f...

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Mechanics 8/27/2007

EM Pearson of Medina, Tennessee USA asks...

Not infrequently in college men's matches a player who is to be booked will not come to the center referee when asked to do so. The ref often winds up wagging his card toward a large group of players, leaving his ARs and the official scorekeeper in ...

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Mechanics 8/21/2007

Al of Sarnia, ON CANADA asks...

The double PK is probably the funniest incident I have read about since I began reading asktheref. Never experienced something quite that brilliant. An outstanding referee indeed, especially if coach got to steam off in parking lot.

Had ...

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Mechanics 8/18/2007

jackie decamp of ocala, florida usa asks...

are side line referees suppose to move up and down the sideline field...

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Mechanics 8/17/2007

Caroline Nastasi of East Norwich, New York United States asks...

How does a referee signal a direct free kick?

How does a ref signal an indirect free kick?...

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Mechanics 8/16/2007

Rick Czechowski of San Diego, CA USA asks...

Why do referees in some countries/league blow their whistles after a goal is scored and others do not? In the US, it is the custom NOT to use the whistle to signal a goal in conjunction with the arm signal, but I still see some experienced referees ...

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Mechanics 8/7/2007

Ryan of Flower Mound, TX U.S.A. asks...

Dear Referee Panel,

I have a question about terminating a match because of dangerous weather. Severe weather always calls for terminating a match, but can a severly windy day be grounds for terminating a match? I have seen days with wind...

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Mechanics 8/1/2007

lilly of orlando, florida america asks...

if i am refereeing a game and i get hurt, what do my assistants do????? ...

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