Question Number: 15012

Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 3/19/2007

RE: Rec Adult

Steven of Wylie, TX USA asks...

What's the correct call?
Defensive player kicks the ball to space outside the PA, where the keeper retrieves with their feet, and proceeds to dribble into the PA a good 10 yards, when an attacker moves into the PA to challenge the keeper, the keeper picks up the ball to punt it away.

A) Allow play to continue
B) Stop Play and award a IDFK at the point where the ball is picked up
C) Stop play and award a IDFK at the point the keeper originally received the ball
D) Some things else, please explain.

Thanks

Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

Steve all the referee need know is did the colleague deliberately kick the ball and did the goalkeeper use his hands. If he did it is indirect from the point of the infraction, where the keeper used his hands. It's that simple. Regardless what television commentators and coaches say...

Regards,

Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

Easy question. A teammate deliberately kicked the ball to an area where the keeper could collect it. From that point on, the keeper may not handle the ball until it touches another player or goes out of play. The keeper handled the ball. IFK to opponents at the spot he handled it subject to Special Circumstances in Law 8.

Answer provided by Referee Nathan Lacy

IFK awarded as a result of the keeper playing the ball with their hands after having been deliberately kicked by a teammate. All the best,

The following questions were asked as a follow up to the above question...

See Question: 15023