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Mechanics 5/18/2021

Jonathan Wichmann of Copenhagen , Denmark asks...

I’m a but puzzled about a thing re VAR. When a call is made for offside all the tech analysis seems to be about the line, the defender and the attacker on the receiving end when the pass is made. However, there does not seem to be any discussion abou...

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Law 7 - The Duration of the Match 5/18/2021

Michael Ponting of Corby, England asks...

On Sunday the Liverpool goal keeper scored a fantastic headed goal from a corner, my question is the 4 minutes of added time was well up when the ball went out for the corner, the full back strolled over to take the chick but then they told the goalk...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/18/2021

Russell of Sydney, Australia asks...

Offside

Some friends have debated the disallowed goal to West Brom in there match against Liverpool. They believe that as the goal was scored by an onside player - why was it disallowed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKEA4rQJI...

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Law 17 - The Corner Kick 5/17/2021

James Joseph Paris of Wilmington, DE United States asks...

on 5-15-21 Red Bulls played Philadelphia. At 63:49 Red Bulls take corner kick. The 1st Red Bull player kicks the ball about 2 feet from corner. The 2nd Red Bull player is in touch behind the end line. He comes into play and kicks the ball. There are ...

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Law 2 - The Ball 5/16/2021

Jonathan of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Unites States asks...

IFAB states ball pressure should be 8.9-15.6 PSI. However, I have never seen an actual concrete number that international matches shoot for. MLS Next youth in USA asks for 13 PSI and they are the only league I have seen give a concrete number given h...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/15/2021

John Christopher Fairweather of Woking, United Kingdom asks...

In Wednesday's (12/04/21) Premier League match "Chelsea vs Arsenal", the Chelsea goalkeeper stopped (1) A back pass with his hands & (2) Stopped the ball going into the net, by the back pass.
If Arsenal had not scored, my question is - Do these ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 5/13/2021

Mark K of Rocklin, CA US asks...

two questions

1-how important are CR mechanics in these free kicks? The reason I say this is that I was at this game(you know you're reading too much AsktheRef when this happens...)

I agree with you that, indeed, the goal counte...

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Law 15 - The Throw In 5/11/2021

Trent Futrell of Knoxville, TN United States asks...

In dual reffing a middle school boys tournament, white team kicked the ball out of bounds. Red team gets the ball and moves several yards down the field from the spot to throw it back in. I didn't notice the red player advancing several yards down ...

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Mechanics 5/10/2021

Doug Crawford of Folsom, CA U.S. asks...

Hi there fellow refs - When should coach misconduct stop the game?
As an AR yesterday I raised my flag for coach comments - the CR and I later agreed that I should NOT have kept the flag raised after play restarted.
The referee had stopped...

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Other 5/10/2021

Jason C. of Lacrosse, WI USA asks...

Thanks guys. With regard to consulting the rulebook during a match, I have never done this, but I have had to look up obscure high school rules pre-game related to things like under garments and leg braces.

The absolute best format for IFA...

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