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Question Number: 15414Law 3 - Number of Players 5/7/2007RE: Rec. Under 9 Ashley of North Ridgeville, Ohio USA asks...Can Defenders cross half way line? Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller Most likely yes. This depends on the local league policy though. Sometimes they may make different rules/policies up for younger matches such as U9.
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View Referee Ben Mueller profileAnswer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer Of course they can. They are to be in their half at a kick off and they can't be in the other team's penalty area when they are taking a free kick there, that's all the restrictions placed on players locations.
Some coaches artificially restrain their players to certain areas so they don't get lost.
Regards,
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