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Law 15 - Throw In 9/26/2007

JD of SF, CA USA asks...

Referee deemed a throw-in was more then 2 meters from his throw-in mark and immediately awarded the other team the throw-in. If the player is not intentionally surpassing the 2 meter mark, to gain an advantage, what is the right call from the refere...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/26/2007

marshall budd of eht , nj atlantic asks...

when is the goalie safe from having physical contact from the opposing team? What if there is contact with in the six , if the goalie is , or has controll of the ball?...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 9/26/2007

cristian d. of watertown, ny U.S.A asks...

can a goalie move forward prior to the ball being kicked on a penalty kick? Or can I only move side to side?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/26/2007

Gary of Long Beach, CA US asks...

I play goal on my team. I made a save, picked up the ball and went to the edge of the area, where I dropped it to kick it away. When I dropped it, it left the area, but it was not touched by my hands except while in the area. The ref blew it and said...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/26/2007

Franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

Another part of the game and the laws I sometime struggle with (there are a couple) are fouls concerning the keeper and attacker in the penalty area. I struggle with a hard charging keeper and a hard charging attacker colliding, two runaway freight t...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/26/2007

Franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

This is exaclty why I love this website. I come here to discuss things I don't know or to reafirm things I think I know.

All this time I have used dropped balls for any situation where I stop the game. In this case, since the whistle did ...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 9/26/2007

Ryan Wimmer of Charlevoix, Michigan USA asks...

I understand that the referee can add time if the substitution is frequent or taking a long time. I cannot find anything that says that can add time because the ref thinks we are stalling. Shouldn't he just give a warning first. In this instance he j...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/26/2007

T. Howard Firth of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire England asks...

If a player A is in an offside position when an opponent plays the ball back and A runs on to the ball and scores, is A offside i.e. the ball is deliberately played back, not deflected...

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League Specific 9/26/2007

ref47 of arlington, va usa asks...

don't the hs rules technically prohibit a ref from adding time because he/she is not the official time keeper? isn't the stadium clock normally the official time, or a visiable clock at the timer's table?

if the ref believes the clock i...

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Law 15 - Throw In 9/26/2007

ref47 of arlington, va usa asks...

i believe that the answer to the original question [16869] was not complete. prefiously in the lotg and q&as to the laws, it was stated that a throwin that did not enter the fop was retaken. now, the 07-08 version states that a properly taken throw...

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