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Law 11 - Offside 10/5/2007

Steve Reese of Santa Maria, CA USA asks...

During active play, a player A on the attacking team is in the offside position. His teammate, player B, is advancing the ball by dribbling and attempts a pass/shot towards goal that bounces off his defender to player A. I am the center referee and...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/5/2007

Ed Zaunick of Flower Mound, tx usa asks...

A player deliberately kicks the ball to his own goalie. The goalie is in the penalty box, touches the ball with his feet and deliberately kicks the ball to his hands. Is this considered a violation of Law 12?...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/5/2007

Nicholas Broderick of St. John's, NL Canada asks...

Thank you for your responses to my last question [16891]. They were all very helpful. I'm glad you liked it enough to award it home-page status! And now I have another:

An attacker is in possession of the ball inside his opponent's penalty...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/5/2007

Fred of Gibsonia, PA United States asks...

If a penalty kick is awarded, can the goalie who is about to be shot upon scream just before the player shoots the penalty shot? I heard that a yellow card would be in order. Can you point me to any particular rule number somewhere?

Thanks...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 10/5/2007

LVASL of las vegas, NV USA asks...

In a game the referee at the start of the match counted 11 players for each team. Within 10 minutes one team scored. Restarted with a kick off and a minute or so later the team that took the goal against claimed that the other team had 12 players on ...

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Other 10/5/2007

John R. Raudenbush of Harrisburg, PA USA asks...

Comment:

You have missed a great opportunity to beat up on American High School rules, at least in Pennsylvania.

Requirements for High School Referees are: Score at least a 75% on the only test you ever have to take. Then atte...

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Law 15 - Throw In 10/5/2007

Ken Huss of Lenox, MI USA asks...

Law 15 Throw Ins

I have a girl who performs somersault throw ins and really gets much better distance out of it not just a show off thing. Anyways She at times gets called because one of her knees touches the ground on the follow thru, my ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/5/2007

Jeff of Pittsburgh, PA USA asks...

Can a keeper field an overshot forward feed from an opposing player outside the box with his feet, dribble back into the box, then pick it up?...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 10/5/2007

franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

QUICK FREE KICKS

Do you ever ask other refs why they allow teams to infringe upon the 10yd rule as a way to slow down the quick kick instead of showing the a card to the offending side or players?

Here is another situation. Team...

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Other 10/5/2007

franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

I personally look at celebrations and ask 3 questions:

1. Does it delay the game?
2. Does the celebration OBVIOUSLY incite the other team or fans or is directed toward them?
3. Is it distasteful, offensive, crude, or making fun ...

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