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Question Number: 17264

Law 7 - Match Duration 10/12/2007

RE: high school Under 18

Doug McMurtrie of lewistown, pa usa asks...

If there is time on the clock when the ball is kicked and just as the ball is going in the goal time runs out,nobody else has touched the ball,the score happens right after the ball is kicked,does the goal count?

Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

On a high school match where the time is kept by a timers clock the match is over when the buzzer sounds.

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Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

In high school the game is over when the buzzer goes off so if it goes off before the ball wholly crosses over the goal line in accordance with Law 10, it's no goal



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Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

If the ball is not in the goal before the buzzer sounds, then it is no goal.



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