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Law 10 - Method of Scoring 10/14/2007

Kolleen Oleary of novi, mi usa asks...

Can a goalie score a goalie by punting it directing into the opponets goals?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/14/2007

Franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

A player that is not the keeper deliberately denies a goal with his hands. That player is sent off, but what is the restart?

Franco...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/14/2007

Franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

IMPEDES
A player is not playing the ball and the ball is not within playing distance and holds, blocks or restricts a player from getting the ball or entering an area to receive the ball- impeding

We usually think of this as balls on ...

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Mechanics 10/14/2007

Franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

AR communication

1. Should the AR always signal the ball went out and direction of possession if everything is obvious to both teams and center ref? Is this a good habit or a waste of effort and a distraction?

2. How should the ...

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Law 17 - Corner Kick 10/13/2007

Seth Holtzman of bala-cynwyd, pa USA asks...

If the striker shoots at the goal, the goalie then parries the shot aside, the ball then hits the goal post and proceeds to go out of bounds. What is the outcome of this series of events? Is it a goal kick or a corner? ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/13/2007

Nathan of Regina, Canada asks...

Okay, I've recently taken classes to become a referee and I have been given a situation; Two members of the same team have posession of the ball and one member throws a punch at the other. The other retaliates and fights back. The referee stops the p...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/13/2007

BRETT HOLLOWAY of gulf breeze , florida usa asks...

can someone please tell me the year the "pass-back" rule took place?
Thank you in advance...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/13/2007

Andrea K of Hartstown, Pa Crawford asks...

The opposing team's goalie called one of the referees an "idiot" ,among other things, because she disagreed with the call he made..... The ball and most of the action was down at the other net and our goalie was struggling to hold on to the ball. ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/13/2007

michelle burkett of broken arrow , ok usa asks...

My daughter had possession of the ball just outside opponent's goal box when an opposing player grabbed her shirt collar from behind and yanked. Should this player have been, in the least, awarded a yellow card? thank you....

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Law 7 - Match Duration 10/13/2007

Scott Pezzano of Sicklerville, NJ Camden asks...

We were in the last minute of our game tie 1-1. There was one referee. Within the last second of the game one of our players kicked the ball into the net. The referee saw the ball go in net and blew his whistle. He then looked at his clock and said t...

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