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Law 11 - Offside 7/31/2007

Angelo Cristofanilli of Montreal, Quebec Canada asks...

In regards to rule 11.

In a situation where a goalkeeper leaves her 18 yard zone to act as a last defender, but remains within her half of the field while all her teammates are all at the attacking end; can you confirm that an opponents of...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/30/2007

Scott of Waynesboro, PA USA asks...

The blue team shoots at goal and ball beats the GK. Before it is a crossed the line an orange player slaps the ball with his hands to stop goal but it still goes in. Is the correct call, goal is allowed and orange player is cautioned for UB. Could...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 7/30/2007

sonnyj of san francisco, usa asks...

Whoops - Looks like USSF agreed with me.

Guess I would have passed the assessment!!!

As I read many of the responses it seem USSF has changed its response. I did not read 14004 when it was first posted and don't know what was co...

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League Specific 7/30/2007

Roxann of Alma, MIchigan usa asks...

In Michigan high school soccer I am being told we need a specific type of shin guards with some type of intials of approval on them.
Does anyone know what this is?...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 7/30/2007

Bob Roach of Charlottesville, VA USA asks...

Following up 16134 as well as my original questoin 16069.

The tournament we were attending was a rec all-star tournament. I really don't have a problem with trying to keep games on schedule, and agreed with the various ways the panel sugge...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/30/2007

Myriam Alize of Elmvale, Ontario Canada asks...

Can a goalie bounce the ball on the 18 yards before kicking it?...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/29/2007

Al of Sarnia, ON CANADA asks...

Two questions today:

1. Red player is carelessly kicked by white just after red passes ball forward to a teammate. Ball is clearly heading toward red teammate breaking through defenders and advantage is applied and signaled. However, AR...

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League Specific 7/29/2007

kath of berwick, maine usa asks...

could you tell me what is the cut-off age for the 9-10 age group division for travel soccer.
Thank you...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/29/2007

Jim Tram of Oswego, Illinois USA asks...

A ball is played over the top, to a player in an offsides position. A defender attempts to play the ball, with his head, to his goalkeeper. The ball does not get to the keeper, but goes to the player who is in an offside position.

My ques...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/29/2007

Steve C of Ottawa, Ontario Canada asks...

Offside Call or Not ?
Here's the situation.
An attack by yellow team is foiled by the white team defence just inside of the penalty area. The white team has full control of the ball and starts to carry the ball back up field. The yellow str...

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