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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/16/2007

Joe of Broomfield, CO United States asks...

Here's a situation I saw while watching a game at a tournament this weekend. I'm a bit confused about the restart, but maybe I'm overlooking something. Clearly this is one of those "you had to have been there" situations, but give it your best shot...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/16/2007

Abdulelah of Khobar, Saudi Arabia asks...

We all saw Copa america final between brazil and argentina,
In messi's goal,
Messi was not offside the moment his team mate shoot towards the goal, but it then deflected from Alex and another argentinian player. Question is: What if the ba...

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Other 7/16/2007

Al of Sarnia, ON CANADA asks...

Aren't laughable stories the glory of officiating?

"Handball", "He can't play it on the ground", "Foul throw", and defenders saying "He needs to ask for 10 yards" are my four most frequent and favourites. I visibly grin, roll my eyes, and...

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Fitness 7/15/2007

Aaron of Chicago, Illinois USA asks...

I've looked at some of the fitness tests for various organizations and some of them require that ARs perform at a higher level physically than Referees. When I Ref, it seems like the Referees get a lot more activity than the ARs, not the other way ar...

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Mechanics 7/15/2007

Doug of Toronto, Canada asks...

Hi. This occurred in a tournament, where there were four referees at the field during the course of the day to cover nine games (2 lines 1 middle per game on a rotational basis). Anyway, one team had the same middle for their first two games. That te...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/15/2007

Wayne Friedman of ST IVES, NSW Australia asks...

I am a goalkeeper. Today, during a scuffle, one of my players tried to get rid of the ball inside the penalty box. The ball was kicked nowhere near me and was going for an obvious corner. We had been suffering under a deluge of corners all day, so I ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/14/2007

Jose Medeiros of Lawrence, Ma. USA asks...

Recent game U-20 Worlds in Canada Portugal-Chile, referee shows a red card to a Portuguese player, here no problem. Then a Portuguese player takes the red card from referee's hand and then hands it back to referee again, referee shows him the red car...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/14/2007

brad l. of seattle, usa asks...

im watchen the f.i.f.a u20 czech republic vs spain game and the czech player kicked the ball down field n' the goalie went outside his box brought it back into to da box with his feet then piked it up in da box

you cant do dis rite?!?!...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/14/2007

Duncan Langley of rutherford, nj us asks...

to put into method..
happens if the goalie receives a pass and saves it then a player runs on by and says something and then the goalie gets pissed and punches him in the face.. i know that would be an automatic red card but would that be a pena...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/14/2007

Bryan of Naperville, IL USA asks...

thanks for the responses [to 15969], and in my case i hit a player while sliding hit the ball and we accidentally clipped eachother while he was jumping over me and i was sliding under him...then another player on their team said "just hit him next t...

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