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Law 15 - Throw In 5/21/2007

John Doe of Santa Cruz, CA USA asks...

How is the game restarted after this situation? A throw-in going directly into the goal without being touched by another player....

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 5/21/2007

Laura of Dublin, Ireland asks...

In a penalty shoot-out, can you use different players in goal for each kick? For example, can the goalie stand in for the first kick, an outfield player take the gloves for the second and then the goalie for the third and so on?...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 5/21/2007

Dan of Montville, NJ 07045 asks...

U11 girls game, one center ref, club linesmen. Home team lost the coin toss and started the 1st half with the kick-off. At the start of second half, both teams have switched ends but the home team again kicks-off. It took a moment or two before I ...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 5/21/2007

Jodi Millard of Nampa, Idaho US asks...

I just wanted to say Thank You to all of you! [15510] Also, he did call for a "rekick" and not an Indirect. Thanks again!...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 5/21/2007

Beth Morgret of South Park, PA USA asks...

At a game this weekend, score is tied toward the end of the game. Player gets the ball, runs down the field and kicks the ball. As the ball is in the air, the ref blows the whistle to end the game. The ball goes in the net, ref disallows the goal,...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/20/2007

Christian McVey of Midvale, UT USA asks...

Man to man defence? We had a coach marking one of our players for the whole game every where our player went she went even when the ball was no where around. Eventully it became very physical between the two players and took. My ? is is this a lega...

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Character, Attitude and Control 5/20/2007

Sally of Princeton, New Jersey United States of America asks...

We had a game earlier today and the referee was making lots of bad calls and looking the other way whenever a player on our team was down due to injury. He would also make calls twenty seconds after the foul had happened. My coach was fed up and trie...

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Law 6 - Assistant Referee 5/20/2007

Ian of Tucson, US asks...

I was AR in a High School game. The players were only a couple of years (if that)junior to me. I as play moved up to the other end of the field by attention was drawn to a confrontation taking place in the center of the field between one teams strike...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 5/20/2007

Brian Sokolsky of Carlisle, PA USA asks...

During the kick-off to start the game, or to start the second half or after a goal has been scored, if the team kicking off fails to make the ball move forward (they kick the ball straight back to their midfield) do they get to re-kick off or is the...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/20/2007

Andrew Graham of Aucklnad, NZ asks...

Common sense did prevail. I gave them permission to get the hat but the player concerned showed extreme dissent in the way he handled it and the game was delayed far beyond was was reasonable. My question is simple. If you have to book a player befor...

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