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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/18/2007

Noah Scott of Owensboro, America asks...

After the ball had been kicked carelessly high, a fellow team mate of mine ran up to the spot where it was expected to land. While doing so, he was speaking gibberish that sounded something along the lines of "ieh ieh ieh!" (he was competing against ...

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Law 10 - Method of Scoring 9/18/2007

Anthony Follett of Lake Stevens , WA Snohomish asks...

When a shot on goal is taken. If the ball bounces off of the top bar and then bounces off of the ground below the bar and out of the goal, is that considered a goal?...

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League Specific 9/18/2007

Wendy Rice of Raleigh, nc USa asks...

If a player is issued two yellow cards in the same game, what are the results?
I am getting mixed information...
One is telling me that the player is out of play for the balance of that game, and the next game as well... Also, that the team...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/18/2007

soccer mom of Louisville, KY USA asks...

Can you clarify. I have seen officials call this situation both ways. If it is legal for a keeper to pick up a ball that he himself dribbled into the penalty box, I would love to know where I can find that rule. I know that a keeper can not pick u...

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Mechanics 9/18/2007

Franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

Would you consider it proper, in this circumstance [16711], for the team taking the kick to question the referee before the kick was made or are they to assume the referee is right and to not question his or her authority? If your answer to this is, ...

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Law 6 - Assistant Referee 9/18/2007

Franco of Bloomington, USA asks...

ARs-
1. Are the assistants suppose to pop the flags to make an audible attention getter for the center ref?

2. If one AR raises his or her flag for whatever reason, and the center ref is not seeing it, should the AR on the opposite si...

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League Specific 9/18/2007

FRANCO of soccerville, USA asks...

Team B takes a shot at the goal and Team A keeper easily gathers the ball and approached the top of the 18 to put the ball back in play to his team. At that moment the ref makes the signal to stop the clock and blows his whistle. He wants to talk to ...

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League Specific 9/18/2007

FRANCO of soccerville, USA asks...

Its a high school game and time is running out, just a 3 or 4 minutes left. Team A is up by a goal. Team B just kicked the ball out for a TEAM A goal kick. Team A keeper follows the ball to the goal line and the ball has enough momentum to cross the ...

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Law 17 - Corner Kick 9/18/2007

Bruno Pereira of Caniao, Madeira Portugal asks...

Does anyone knows the evolution of the rules about the corner-kick since it appeared first time in 1872? I'm doing a master thesis about this matter and I have no idea were to find. Please help me about the history of the corner kick and were to find...

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Law 1- The Field 9/18/2007

ryan collins of southampton, hamshire uk asks...

who wins if team 1 is 1 . 0 up agest team 2 and the cross bar breaks on one of the goals...

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