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High School 6/13/2025David E Frankson of Oregon, WI United States asks...Hi to everyone on staff and thank you for all the education you do defining and explaining the rules!
Issue: Does the GK need to be substituted?
In a recent NFHS soccer playoff game, the following occurred:
a) Team A score...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 6/13/2025Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...Thanks. Honestly, I'm a little confused.
Mr. McHugh says the time is 35:44. According to Mr. Dawson, it's 35:42, my understanding.
The coach of the Norwegian team said this:
'I’m very curious why they have only chan...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 6/12/2025Bob Williamson of Mesa, AZ United States asks...Thanks for the quick response. I was thinking only one direction. I have actually called that foul and the crowd went crazy. ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 6/11/2025Bob Williamson of Mesa, AZ United States asks...As per the "I am a", if it was "I was a" then I would be all of the above.
11.1 states "any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents half". 11.4 states "If an offside offence occurs, the referee awards an indirect free kick where the o...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 6/11/2025Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...Hello
I'm back because it's necessary to return to an old question:-)
Law change:
When the goalkeeper throws the ball, the last point of contact should be used for the purpose of determining an offside position.
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Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/8/2025peter babbage of Hjørring, North Denmark Region Denmark asks...I feel I should know this but one or two doubts have crept in! Defender and attacker are chasing the ball into the area. Attacker touches the ball and it trickles over the by line. At the same time the defender pushes him over. So my question is the ...
Read The Full Q & A High School 6/3/2025Neil Hanlan of Stockton, CA United States asks...when an indirect kick is taken, does the ball have to physically move on the first touch?
I have seen a player put his/her foot on the ball and it has been taken as the first touch...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 5/31/2025Edgar of Los Angeles, CA Usa asks...An attacker receives the ball in an offiside position from the defender whose attempt to direct the ball away from the oncoming attack was not successful. Something like an attacker kicks the ball downfield in an attempt to pass to the offside attac...
Read The Full Q & A Other 5/29/2025Benjamin of Danielskuil , South Africa asks...What happens when a referee is involved in a fight with a fan or bystander and he as the referee starts the fight due to smack talk from the fan or bystander and later the fight escalate so that one teams officials got involve to try and stop the fig...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/23/2025Larry of Danville, CA United States asks...A follow up on your response to award an IDFK where a defender in the goal area chests a high ball, then plays it with his foot, then the GK picks it up. My question is, what if it was your opinion that the GK took the ball away from the defender, as...
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