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Other 2/3/2022

Christian Daniel of Edmonton, Alberta Canada asks...

Will there be any provincial upgrade applications this year? If so, when should we be applying and how? ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/2/2022

Sagy of Austin, Texas USA asks...

Normally, no foul is called if there is no contact between players, however there are exceptions (e.g., a player throwing a punch and missing). What is the correct call in the following situation.

Blue player is going towards the goal in t...

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Law 15 - The Throw In 2/2/2022

Hector Catre of Toronto, Ontario Canada asks...

Weston McKennie (Juventis/USMNT) throws in like an NFL quarterback. Is this a legal throw in?
See reference below ...

https://media.giphy.com/media/KWW3uIhBgaskOLJxH8/giphy-downsized-large.gif...

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Character, Attitude and Control 1/26/2022

Mark of Eugene, Oregon US asks...

I have a style of refereeing very different from almost everyone I see and work with. I talk a lot during the match. Like, any contentious challenge where I don't call a foul, I immediately call out why I'm not calling a foul. If a ball hits an arm a...

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Other 1/26/2022

Crebs Crem of Zagreb, Croatia asks...

Hello,
Are there any situations, other than not sending off a player after second caution, which will invalidate a match? If yes, can you please give some examples?
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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/25/2022

Bee Ess of Nottingham , Notts United Kingdom asks...

In the EPL, a player will get a yellow card for jumping into the crowd celebrating. Why do the other players, who didn’t score but still celebrate by jumping over the advertising hoardings with the scorer, not get booked?...

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High School 1/22/2022

Truitt of Phelan, Californua Usa asks...

Our league only uses one referee no line judges. Normally fine but in yesterdays game the ball was clearly out of bounds by more than 6 feet. Everyone was yelling it’s out of bounds way out. The kids basically stopped but the referee never called it ...

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Other 1/19/2022

Peter Babbage of Hjorring, Denmark asks...

Having just watched the Leicester v Spurs match I’m a little confused.
Having only just received a yellow card Bergwyn after scoring his 2nd goal not only left the field of play but went into the crowd.
Surely this was a crowd safety issue ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 1/17/2022

Archie of Glasgow , Glasgow Scotland asks...

When taking a short free kick does the ball have to travel it’s circumference before another player touches it?
In Manchester Utd’s game against Aston Villa on 16th January 2022 Bruno Fernandez’s first goal came from a quickly taken short free k...

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Law 5 - The Referee 1/14/2022

Jason of Lacrosse, WI USA asks...

Did you guys catch the Fiorentina-Napoli Coppa game this week? There was an incident where a defender committed a tactical foul, which was his second caution of the game. The ref seemingly made a huge blunder (for this level) stopping a 3v1 to issue ...

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