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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/7/2007

Joe Gaddy of Edmonds, Wa. USA asks...

The situation. Player A has beaten (faked out, dribbled past, created scoring chance) player B on several occasions with his speed and quickness.Immediately after one of those occasions a teammate of player B yells at him to "Break his F***ing leg" n...

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Law 16 - Goal Kick 5/6/2007

mary daly of gosford, nsw australia asks...

Can the sweeper from the same team be in the 18 yard box when the keeper is taking a goal kick...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 5/6/2007

Jerome of Sunnyvale, CA USA asks...

Hello. In my son's U12B game this weekend the ref stopped the game after noticing an opponent child on the ground in the box area. Nobody saw what happened as it was away from the ball. The ref asked the line girl if she saw anything. She said no but...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/6/2007

Jan Hillsberg of New York, New York USA asks...

On a throw-in, parallel to the penalty area, a smart player ran near the goal, ahead of the defending players except for the goalie. I know there is not offside on a throw-in, but as the offensive player threw the ball in to her, a defensive player s...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/6/2007

Scott Michael Gentry of louisville, ky u.s. asks...

what is the rule when an opponent slides hard into the goal keeper on a 50/50 ball and the opponent make contact with the keeper and the ball at the same time and injures the keeper ...

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Character, Attitude and Control 5/6/2007

Scott Holan of Shorewood, WI USA asks...

If a coach flagrantly disregards the Ref's call for his team to take the field at both the beginning of the gamne and at the beginning of the 2nd half, does the Ref have the ability to penalize the team? We know a coach that gives his team several m...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 5/6/2007

Kris of Danbury, CT USA asks...

What is the goalie allowed to do during a penalty kick when it is just the goalie and one player? My son was told he could move his hands but not his feet to defend the kick.

He blocked it but we wanted clarification.

Thanks....

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/6/2007

Sarah of Franklin, Wisconsin United States asks...

How many steps can a goalkeeper take before they must punt the ball? How long can they hold onto the ball for?...

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Other 5/6/2007

Sarah of Franklin, Wisconsin United States asks...

What are all of the rules to be a soccer goalie? ...

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Law 10 - Method of Scoring 5/6/2007

Abraham of bamako, mali asks...

can the goal kepper trought the ball from his goal to the other and score
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