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Law 10 - Method of Scoring 10/18/2007

tristan of hemet, ca usa asks...

on a corner kick, if i kick it and it goes in off of some one on the other team, who does the goal go to?...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 10/18/2007

Timothy Mitchell of Chicago, Illinois United States asks...

How many soccer players are on a team?...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/18/2007

Mark of Westport, CT USA asks...

Example: Attacker is in the attacking half in an offside position five yards beyond the 2nd last defender, who is standing at midfield. The ball is played over the top of the defense by Attacker's teammate on a diagonal. Attacker takes off after t...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/18/2007

Alexander Rose of Salem, Oregon U.S.A. asks...

I am 23 years old and a state referee class one and i plan on working twards my grade 4 and i was wondering would me having a knee brace effect my chances of becoming a professional referee?...

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Other 10/18/2007

kashif aman of bradford, yorkshire asks...

state two rules and explain why these are enforced?...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/18/2007

philip of Houston, TX USA asks...

It seems the answers on follow-up 17343 are conflicting with each other.

Which one should it be?

A) bring the restart back to where the player was first observed to be in an offside position.

B) restart from where you...

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Other 10/18/2007

John McCain of Semmes, AL USA asks...

Not to belabor this too much, but I think sports culture in the US is reflective of the overall mindset.

When I spoke of bad calls/ no calls, I didn't mean they were necessarily objectively bad, but were bad from one's perspective. And ye...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 10/18/2007

Steve of Vero Beach, FL USA asks...

I think I missed this one, please advise.

In a recent game, Team A was awarded a goal kick. The keeper sets up the kick from one corner of the goal area line, steps back then moves forward, picks up the ball and runs to the other corner w...

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Character, Attitude and Control 10/18/2007

SPENCER HAYWARD of tonbridge, kent england asks...

my son is a goalkeeper and i often stand to the side of the goal right by him to give him encouragement but some referees ask me to go and stand on the sideline. i find this very disappointing as i am not able to encourage him from a long way away ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/18/2007

Sharon of Dorval, Quebec Canada asks...

Is there any such term as "indeliberate handball in the box"? Isn't a handball in the box always a penalty shot?...

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