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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/3/2007

Antoni Kata of Wallington, NJ USA asks...

Hi, in the last game a slide tackle occurred. This player slide tackled another one using both legs. He got the ball and now foul was called. Please tell me if the Ref. was wrong or explain to me why he was correct.

Thank You, Antoni K...

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Law 5 - The Referee 5/3/2007

Alex of Monrovia, ca la asks...

Can a referee ask a goalie (or any other field player) to leave for dry heaving or vomitting?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/3/2007

Lyn Nielsen of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

A goalkeeper catches the ball and controls it. He then drops it and dribles it outside his penaly area then dribbles it back into his penalty area. He then picks it up and kicks it downfield.

I'm pretty sure this is punishable by an indire...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/3/2007

Quintin of Osoyoos, Canada asks...

a player is in an offside position and his fellow teamate comes with the ball past the defenders and keeps the ball is the first player offside?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/2/2007

Jim of simcoe, Ontario Canada asks...

My question is: When a player passes the ball to his teammate who is making a drive for the net and there is a defender who is marking him closely and does something to the attacking player that makes him fall, lose the ball, or pulls the shirt t...

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Character, Attitude and Control 5/2/2007

Bill Sayre of Greenwood, SC USA asks...

Re: Sent-off youth players

I can't believe this match was allowed to continue to this point of a free-for-all. I have not worked a game at any level where league or tournament rules didn't address this (at least in SC and GA). If the mis...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 5/2/2007

Brian Sniatkowski of Kinnelon, NJ USA asks...

In a game recently there were 3 significant second half injuries that required the coaching staff tend to the players and carry them from the field.

Total injury time approached 15 minutes, yet the ref blew the whstle precisely at the 45 ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 5/2/2007

Abby Morse of Byron Center, MI U.S.A asks...

Some might think this is silly, but I don't know if the kick is a indirect kick, or a direct kick. I know the ref. has hand signals that tell you but I could never get it straight. ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/2/2007

Jim of San Jose, CA USA asks...

I'm a licensed referee and a coach. We were playing this weekend and our team had a corner kick. We took the corner and took several close shots on goal that were deflected by the keeper or bounce off a defender. As you can imagine legs were swipi...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/2/2007

Dan of , Kasas USA asks...

In a follow up to question 15328. Weather this is a foul of handling or not depends completely on where the ball left the keepers hand. As long as the keeper released the ball from his hand(s) while the ball was still in the PA, it matters not where...

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