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High School 2/22/2022

Miguel Garcia of San Benito, Texas USA asks...

As the halftime buzzer sounded, my player was punched by one of the 11 players on the field, and the ref showed the opposing player a red. The second half was about to start, and the opposing team sent out 11 players. The ref allowed them to play wit...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/22/2022

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

Final question (though they may appear in reverse oder...):
this one is from the Jamaica-Mexico game.

There's a 50-50-ish (60-40?) ball and the Jamaican player comes in hard and contacts the ball before slamming into the Mexican play...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/22/2022

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

Re: how close is "playing distance"?

Here's a clip from Canada's 2-0 win over the USA, in Hamilton.

American attacker brings the ball into the PA and the Canadian (black uniform) steps in his path, lets the ball go through, and ...

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Law 11 - Offside 2/22/2022

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

It's been a while since I asked a question though I've been checking in.

I have a few video clips from CONCACAF World Cup qualifying action. I'll start with two offside examples.

Canada vs El Salvador: AR follows offside play a...

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Mechanics 2/21/2022

Ono of RG, ISR ISR asks...

This question is about VAR.

Say VAR checks for a penalty after the ref gives a corner.
The check shows a handball offense, BUT it came after a clear offside.

What's the right decision here - a corner or offside?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/16/2022

Peter Kilpatrick of Stockton, CA United States asks...

Was the red card in the Manchester United vs Brighton game on Feb 16 justified. From what I saw the defender was not the last defender, so would DOGSO be applicable? The tackle was not violent just sloppy. I would have stayed with the yellow that the...

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Law 5 - The Referee 2/16/2022

Malcolm Colledge of BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, United Kingdom asks...

if a player gets fouled and needs on pitch treatment and the player who does the foul gets a card shown ,does the injured player have to go to sidelines to wait refs permission to return to the field?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/13/2022

Jeremy of Sacramento, California USA asks...

I feel like reckless/SPA cautions are not given enough in the below-professional level game. The biggest takeaway that watching professional referees has given me is to give these out a lot more often. I now rarely leave a match cardless, and usually...

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Law 1- The Field 2/7/2022

william t Stoneman of Fairfield, California USA asks...

Goal lines are 5" wide but goal post is just 2" in depth. where does it go? Even with the front of the line. Or even with the back of the line? ...

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Law 3 - The Players 2/7/2022

Christopher Rhodes of Camberley, Surrey United Kingdom asks...

was watching a relegation match where team A needed a draw to avoid relegation.
In 85th Minute at 0-0 team A were attacking and the referee was running a diagonal line across the pitch. The attack breaks down and the referee stops running and st...

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