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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 9/10/2007

tammie of gadsden, al etowah asks...

One of my players today at practice kicked the ball in the goal on kick-off and scored. The ball did not touch another person. Now when I played soccer about 15 yrs ago the rule was you could not score on a kick-off, Then i think it changed to it had...

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Law 5 - The Referee 9/10/2007

Curious of Rockford, IL USA asks...

If the league rules "allows" for slide tackling, is it still up to the Referee to determine if it is legal or not for that particular match that he is working (taking the player safety into consideration). I was refereeing U15 games where there were...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/10/2007

Dave of Portland, OR USA asks...

I am wondering when to apply the red card for DOGSO by deliberately handling the ball for youth players. With the really little ones, say U10, they often forget that they can't use their hands or they don't even know that purposely controlling the b...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/10/2007

Kris Allshouse of Cypress, California USA asks...

If a defender slightly deflects a throw-in intended for an (otherwise offside) attacker, does it change it from a throw-in (no offside) to causing the attacker to be offside?...

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Law 4 - Players Equipment 9/10/2007

Martin Olivas of Rome, NY USA asks...

My son broke his wrist 3 weeks ago. The doctor has signed a release, allowing him to play as long as the cast has a 1/2 inch padding put on it during the game. The cast was wrapped with padding and secured with an ace bandage. I cannot find anything ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/10/2007

Kristin Love of pittsburgh, PA USA asks...

An attacker is dribbling with the ball into the penalty area. The defender challenges him, but the attacker neatly passes the ball off while attempting at the same time to step past the defender. After the ball leaves his foot, the attacker's arm (wh...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/10/2007

tzone of glastonbury, usa asks...

If a player is in a breakaway, shoots, and the goalie knocks the ball down (no defenders are near). The player then shoots the rebound in the goal. Is that an offsides? ...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/9/2007

Shmuel of jhb, sa asks...

If the defender is behind the goalie does the goalie become the last defender in respect to offsides. ...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 9/9/2007

Terry Allen of Coffs Harbour, NSW Australia asks...

Penalty Shoot-out. In the event of a match being decided by penalty kicks, assuming neither team misses its first five penalties, what is the earliest time a kicker who has already taken a penalty may be permitted to take a second? i.e. must everyone...

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Mechanics 9/9/2007

Jed of Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia asks...

Here's one for you regarding Law 3, purely hypothetical, but still puzzling me.
In the dying moments of a match, a goalkeeper for the blue team is injured in a 50-50 ball with red team's striker. The red team's striker has a firm grasp of the i...

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