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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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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/9/2007

sami of vanocuver, canada asks...

are u allowed to kick a soccer ball whilest u are on the ground?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/9/2007

Toni DeCarlo of Vista, Calif usa asks...

Where does it state that when a player gets ejected that another player can not take their place? They play down a man? ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 9/9/2007

kim hopkins of vicksburg, MS. U.S. asks...

Quick Restarts.
If attacking team is fouled right outside the penalty area, direct kick is signaled by ref. attacking team puts ball down and kicks quickly and scores. should the ref have given defenders time to get prepared? rec u10 and older....

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Law 10 - Method of Scoring 9/9/2007

kim hopkins of vicksburg, MS. U.S. asks...

defender heads a ball thats loose in the air, goes into his own does it count, who gets credit for the goal? what player? or how do you record it?...

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