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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/30/2007

meg of signal, usa asks...

After making a save can the keeper (while they are in the box) put the ball under their jersey and hold their jersey against their body and then run down the field and score a goal? will you get a yellow or red card for this?...

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Law 4 - Players Equipment 9/30/2007

Joan T of Baldwin, NY USA asks...

1- During a game, is it permissible to switch keepers without the one entering the game to check in with the referee?

2- For the three years that my child has been playing on a travel team, no coach has ever called a time-out. During ou...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/30/2007

Franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

Based on your experience on this website and the yells and screams you hear when reffing a match, what do you think are the TWO worst misconceptions or errors fans, players and coaches make about the offside infractions or offside law?

Bas...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 9/30/2007

Franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

Law 8 says, "A dropped ball is a way of restarting the match after a temporary stoppage that becomes necessary, while the ball is in play, for any reason not mentioned elsewhere in the Laws of the Game."

Okay if you see a foul you stop pla...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/30/2007

Vince of Channahon, il USA asks...

Using the ball as a weapon to intimidate the other players

I started to write a long dissertation about this question, but decided it was only out of frustration.

My question is: Is kicking the ball with force in to a player on ...

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Law 15 - Throw In 9/30/2007

Charles Doff of Culver City, California USA asks...

In today's game we had a rookie ref. That is okay until he called a throw in against our team and then let one go for their team.

He stated I need to be three feet away from the player.

What is the rule of where a coach can s...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/30/2007

Vic Hughes of Penmaenmawr, Conwy UK asks...

LAW 11 OFFSIDE

Can you please define the difference between playing and touching the ball in active play.

Is the phase playing when an attacking player is in an offside position but makes a clear attempt to get to the ball. In ...

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Law 1- The Field 9/29/2007

Gary Graves of Chula Vista, CA USA asks...

One of my players was yellow carded on a corner kick for touching the corner flag stick. Is the a foul and worthy of a yellow card?...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 9/29/2007

Dolf Fischer of Grayson, KY USA asks...

In a Penatly kick situation where the kicking team infringes on the penalty area before the ball is contacted by the player taking the kick and the ball goes in the goal, what is the ruling?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/29/2007

Led Gardner of Knoxville, Tennessee USA asks...

For years I have heard referee speakers say that "all fouls must be intentional." Yet a reading of Law 12 does not use this language. It does refer to "deliberate" handballs. Is there somewhere else in the Laws that uses the phrase "all fouls must be...

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