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Law 5 - The Referee
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Law 5 - The Referee 11/5/2013

Jay Ramey of El Dorado Hills, CA USA asks...

I recently 'Centered' a highly competitive match. In all the years I have been ref, I have been fortunate to never have to experience a major injury on the field.

In my recent match, two defenders (two of the last three in the line of defen...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/29/2013

Brendan of Folsom, CA US asks...

Most often, I referee the younger ages. My question can apply for any age range though. I probably have about 25 games in as a ref.

Is it OK if I, as a center ref, prevent a foul from occurring by using my voice to tell the player important...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/27/2013

Wendy of Riverside, CT USA asks...

The referee called a foul on a player and the player that was fouled said quite loudly 'Finally' referring to the ref's lack of calls on prior fouls. The next time the same player was fouled, she said 'Ref, she keeps kicking me.' (He had not made a...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/25/2013

William of Dallas, TX United States asks...

I'm tired of being accused of being a 'racist' by foreign/ other ethnicity players! (I'm white male). Is there anything OTHER than having a thick skin I can do about this?...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/24/2013

Paul of Barstow, CA USA asks...

our league requires that referees keep the clock running no matter what occurs during a game. Reason is that we are limited to playing fields and must complete a game before the next game is to start. Therefore coaches take advantage of this and are ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/15/2013

Charles Connors of Prattville, AL USA asks...

What can be done when a Referee is making obvious calls to help one team win a game?
Center Ref for the Capital City Streaks and River Region Rapids game on 10-12-13....

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Law 5 - The Referee 9/30/2013

Dan of Downers Grove, IL USA asks...

Our players are dribblers, how do we get referees keep our players safe from the constant whacking, hacking shoulders in our backs. We can not play our skillfull & technically creative game due to the physical assult that we endure.
Refs either d...

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Law 5 - The Referee 9/26/2013

John Sendrey of Costa Mesa, California USA asks...

Goal kick struck the referee (me) outside penalty area and bounced back inside penalty area to the goalie who had also been the kicker. The ball had not touched any other players. I saw the slightly confused goalie go towards the ball to retrieve i...

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Law 5 - The Referee 9/26/2013

Michael of Monroe, CT United States asks...

A follow up to my previous question.#27789
First, thank you all for your time and great help.
Before I submitted my report, I was able to get the name of the offending player from the Athletic Director. I have apologized to the captain. All ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 9/23/2013

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

In line with what referee Joe McHugh said, I've whistled to 'prevent an injury', even if the attacker tried to prevent the GK from releasing the ball. Since the restart for either an inadvertent whistle or injury is a dropped ball, you can talk to t...

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