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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/19/2007

Rich of Boulder, CO USA asks...

Two opposing players are running toward a ball that is going toward the end line. The attacker manages to stop the ball in play, but momentum carries both players over the end line. The attacker stops and tries to return to the field to play the bal...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 9/19/2007

Erika of San antonio, Texas U.S.A asks...

How much time is in every half?...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 9/19/2007

William of Cincinnati, Ohio USA asks...

(Question 1)On a direct free kick can a player on the offensive team, other than the player taking the kick, ask for ten yards?
(Question 2)If player A ask for ten yards, then could player B take the kick?...

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Law 5 - The Referee 9/19/2007

Kevin Humphreys of Boyds, Maryland USA asks...

Our goalie was hit in the face by a shot and went down in pain (boy, age 9). The ball stayed in play and our teem took it to midfield by the time we realized the goalie was not getting up. Once across midfield there was a battle for possession and ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/19/2007

Nigel Eddies of San Francisco, CA USA asks...

At a recent ref refresher course, the instructor said there was a "mandate" from FIFA to crack down on any contact from behind. He even said it was a foul if you stick your foot between an attacker's legs to kick the ball away even if you get all ba...

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Law 4 - Players Equipment 9/19/2007

john graham of motherwell, north lanarkshire scotland asks...

are goalkeepers allowed or NOT allowed to roll their sleeves up? they have to decide on a short sleeve or long sleeve top before the game dont they????...

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League Specific 9/19/2007

Darlene Lawrence of Winnipeg , Manitoba Canada asks...

Thank you for all your replies regarding my daughter and her hair. I did go to the head of the department for PCI and was told basically that oh well, its up to the coach. The coach says all girls must have their hair out of their eyes. My daught...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/19/2007

Bill Turk of Grand Blanc, MI USA asks...

Team "A" is attacking, Team "B" is defending. Player "A" from Team "A" kicks the ball ahead of himself, so the ball is now at least 10-15 feet in front of him and out of his control, and the ball enters the penalty box area. As the ball roles forwa...

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League Specific 9/19/2007

Franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

Does any of the staff ever work with the high school NFHS soccer rule/law committee to try and bring high school rules more in line with the FIFA Laws? Or in you opinion are the NFHS differences superior to the FIFA laws?

I do not know th...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/19/2007

Franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

Reading the question, and if I understood it correctly, I would have thought that advantage was played out after the shot [16729]. So I would have stopped it when the keeper made the save. I assume that the keeper had it in possesion and it was not a...

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