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Law 11 - Offside 5/18/2007

liam mc guirk of Dublin, IRELAND asks...

In the recent uefa cup final between sevilla and espanyol i noticed an incident which i would like to put to the panel for their opinion.
During extra time sevilla were attacking and play was in the espanyol pen area one of the s...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/18/2007

Joe Sereno of Gaylord, MI USA asks...

Thanks for your efforts to help all of us understand the game better.

The setting is varsity high school girls. I have watched this happen over the years and now would like some help with it. Twice within five minutes one team took a DKF...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/18/2007

Dawn Vieyra of Croydon, Surrey asks...

Can an attacker be offside from his goalkeepers goal kick?...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 5/17/2007

Jodi Millard of nampa, Idaho us asks...

Recently my son was reffing a game for U13 girls. The center player on the kickoff put her foot on top of the ball and rolled it over the center line and then pulled it backward without taking her foot off the ball. My son called her on it and the co...

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Law 5 - The Referee 5/17/2007

Jon of London, UK asks...

PLLLLLLLEAAASSE don't kick the ball out of play. Just causes problems. Play on, if its serious the referee will stop it, if not keep going!...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 5/17/2007

Dave Eberle of Clarkston, WA USA asks...

The 2006 Advice to Referees states in 12.28.8, that substitutes may be cautioned only for unsporting behavior, dissent, and delaying the restart.

Please provide any insight to why entering the field illegally is not a separate misconduct...

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Law 15 - Throw In 5/17/2007

Burdell Hillquist of Yuma, AZ USA asks...

Red kicks the ball out of bounds on an errant pass. Blue awarded the throw-in. However, Blue never leaves the field of play as the ball is sitting out of bounds just a few inches from the touch line. Blue picks up the ball (still standing on the fiel...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 5/17/2007

Kevin Gillis of Altamonte spgs, FL USA asks...

Perhaps I was not clear in my previous question [15491]. I was specifially referencing fouls in the other (attacking) 18. That is to say an INDFK inside the 18 toward the near goal-not like an away free kick from the near half.
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Mechanics 5/17/2007

don mogorit of Fort Collins, co usa asks...

Thank you for your response [15485]. I forgot to add that the parents are on the opposite touch line from the benches, so any propblems are to be addressed by the referee's crew, unless the coaches can go over at half time to ask for better behaviou...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/17/2007

ed greene of Guilford, CT USA asks...

Recently had an indirect awarded. One of our players rolled the ball with the bottom of her foot. Referee blew whistle immediately and said was not a kicking motion. Please clarify what is now a kicking motion and what is the re-start when a touc...

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