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3/26/2025

Mark Sprenger of Tigard, Oregon United States asks...

tewst test test by Mark...

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High School 3/22/2025

James Caponera of Okatie, SC United States asks...

Is it permissable for a player to have anything written on the legs if it is not offensive ?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/16/2025

Stewart of Livermore, California United States asks...

Say a ball last touched by an attacker roles slowly towards the goalkeeper, with nobody nearby. The goalkeeper bends down and easily stops the ball with their hands inside the penalty area and away from the goal. After a few seconds the keeper then b...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/13/2025

Jose of Chicago, Illinois USA asks...

Can you clarify how the LOTG address the interaction between an attacking player and a GK on a corner kick? In two recent examples, a player placed his body in front of the GK, during a CK, the ball enters the goal, and one ref disallows the goal cal...

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High School 12/19/2024

Peter of Stockton, CA USA asks...

Firstly, thanks for being a great resource to get questions answered.

My son, who is also a referee, shared the following clip with me:

https://youtu.be/qvpYQzOIiFE

We have been discussing it back and forth and so wan...

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Other 11/27/2024

Ryan of Woodbridge, VA United States asks...

Does reffing soccer fall under the BOIR filing with the government?...

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High School 11/24/2024

Larry of Danville, CA United States asks...

Hello again. I’m getting ready for High School ball and was re-reading their rules, when I came across something I thought was odd. Rule 7, Section 1, Article 4 states “Play shall be extended beyond the expiration of a period, in regulation time and ...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 11/23/2024

David Welch of Finksburg, Maryland United States asks...

My daughter to a corner kick. The corner kick never hit the ground or touched another player. The ball once kicked, hooked over the end line, came back into play and somehow ended up in the net (very windy today). Goal, right? The ref said it was out...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/19/2024

Ken of Santa Barbara, Ca USA asks...

Charge vs shoulder to shoulder - defending player approx.
2 feet from attacking player There is movement from both but defender knocks down
the attacker.
To make it more interesting, this occurs inside the penalty area.
I called ...

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High School 10/31/2024

DAVID LOVETT of Royal Palm Beach, FL United States asks...

I have a NFHS question. The throw in rules for high school say it has to be thrown in, in on continuous movement. So, I think this could be interpreted a couple of different ways. One is, what if the player starts the throw and decides his teammate i...

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