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League Specific 11/8/2007

Mike of Chino Hills, CA USA asks...

Okay, simple question. In our AYSO region, the CR will signal to the AR the number of the attacker awarded the goal. Given that the referee only has 10 fingers, what is the proper hand signal for numbers 11 on up (other than wearing open-toed sanda...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/7/2007

Ameez of Male, Maafaanu Maldives asks...

What will be the restart for
If a player (an opponent) who deliberately leaves the field of play from near the goal while an attacker moving towards the goal with an obvious goal scoring opportunity was prevented by throwing his shoes and hit th...

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Law 16 - Goal Kick 11/7/2007

samy saleeb of daphne, al baldwin asks...

A defender kicked a goal kick sideways, the ball went through the back line before it left the penalty area. The Referee called it a corner kick. I thought it should have been a repeat goal kick since the ball was not in play. ...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 11/7/2007

Edgar Hulatt of Calgary, ALberta Canada asks...

Following up to question 17702: I was watching a boys soccer game while on holiday and a penalty was awarded just prior to full time. Time was extended to take the kick and the young referee correctly advised everyone that the whistle would go as so...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/7/2007

Mark Burnett of Fuquay Varina, NC USA asks...

Hair splitter here, I was studying my Advice to Referees and noticed something that seems incorrect, or at least unfair. A DFK allows for an own goal, but a PK does not. Since a PK is just a DFK where the foul occurred in the penalty area why would t...

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Law 5 - The Referee 11/7/2007

Melissa of Chapel Hill, NC USA asks...

A semi-final game had to be stopped half way into penalty kicks because the facility's lighting extinguished. How do you resume the match?...

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League Specific 11/7/2007

chris of Fair Oaks, CA USA asks...

I am sitting on a PAD as an evaluator next week. One of the issues is the referee age. An 11 yr old refing a U10 Select game. I have been told that refs should not be younger than 12 (U14) and that it may be required next year that they be 14 (U16...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 11/7/2007

Soccer mom of Dayton, Ohio USA asks...

Last night in the Div II State semi finals match the official was stopping the clock in the last 10 minutes of the game every time the winning team substituted a player. The coach was subbing a player in every couple of minutes as it was towards ...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 11/7/2007

Chris of Worcester, England asks...

A player stops in his run-up to take a penalty, at the same time one of the defending team's players enters the D on the edge of the penalty area as a result of the delayed run-up.

The penalty is saved.

Does the referee order th...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/7/2007

Scott of Miami, FL USA asks...

If understand that if a player strikes another player he is issued a red card, and then play restarts with direct free kick, but where is the kick taken? The rules say that the kick is taken from where the ball is, but I was taught (in my youth) that...

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