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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/2/2007

Gil of Ann Arbor, MI USA asks...

I had one of these late in the Spring season. U12G Select. Keeper dives on the ball, and the opposing forward comes in and makes contact a split second later. Simple careless foul, no card necessary. But now the keeper is down and needs some atten...

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League Specific 7/2/2007

Ian Sammy of Mississauga, Ontario Canada asks...

Recently my sons team lost a game based on rules set by the South Region Soccer Association in Ontario. The results were based on the fact that they did not have a full team prior to the 15 minutes grace allowed by SRSL and a game sheet for the refer...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/1/2007

Simon of Rockingham, WA Australia asks...

during a recent game the opposion team sent out the goal keeper as a normal player and put a defender in the goal area, they then made the other defenders move up to the half way line and thus leaving just one player in there own half. This was done ...

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Other 7/1/2007

Khadijah of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

Can you please provide me with the following information on outdoor soccer>
Rules
Equipment
playing area
offensive formatiuons
defensice formation
safety cosiderations that need to be made
offensive and defensice st...

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Other 7/1/2007

marthea cole of labrador city, canada asks...

what do you call a soccer ball and what don't you call a soccer ball or the referee wil blow the whistle and give a free kick to the other team?...

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Law 16 - Goal Kick 7/1/2007

John Mccullough of Shelton, WA Mason asks...

if a goalie places the ball on the line and is preparing to kick it
can the player or players from the other
team run up and kick the ball or run up to the ball and act like they are
going to kick the ball to distract the goalie...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/1/2007

David Tremblay of Hafrsfjord, Rogaland Norway asks...

A1 is in the center of the field in an offisides postion. A2 passes to A3 who sprints onto the ball on the right wing from an onsides position. The AR whips up his flag to mark A1 offsides who is not in the play at all. I am the R and immediately sig...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/1/2007

Larry Kap of Middletown, PA USA asks...

A free kick is awarded for a hand ball. The ref mistakenly indicates that it is an indirect. Player 1 steps on the ball to restart. Player 2 kicks towards goal and player 3 touches ball into goal. Ref waves goal off, say it was an improper restar...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/1/2007

reg of Liverpool, Merseyide England asks...

Attacking player knocks the ball past the keeper and is a sure fire certainty to go on and score, he runs off the pitch to get round the keeper. The keeper steps of the pitch into his path and illegally impedes his progress, thus denying him a clear ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/30/2007

Pochi of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

I was wondering when a defending team throws the ball back to their goal keeper, would be an offence? It would be legal if an opponent threw the ball to their oppenents keeper wouldn' it?...

Also, the law says that a goal cannot be scored ...

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