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Mechanics 5/2/2007

Bob of Phenox, AR USA asks...

Can the Referee touch another player?...

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Character, Attitude and Control 5/2/2007

ralph shelley of huntington, ny usa asks...

how do you treat the vainglorious ref that is into denial about what is transpiring on the field and takes the veiw of the ar (me) as something to deflect. And yet sure enough all hell breaks loose because of his ego and non-action. i'm of the school...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/2/2007

Ken McMahon of Dublin, OH USA asks...

This question pertains to offside and the halfway line. I understand that an area on the field includes the lines that create that area.

I know that a player cannot be offside if he is in his own half of the field (or is it that he can ...

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Mechanics 5/2/2007

Kris Davis of Erie, PA USA asks...

I noticed that in most of the US soccer publications, they always show the flag signal for offside and goal kicks given using the right hand. If you are to signal with flag in hand of direction for kick why do they show the flag in the opposite hand...

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League Specific 5/2/2007

Daniel Gordon of Stellenbosch, Cape Town South africa asks...

I need to know whar penaltee a player gets when he get a RED card during play. We are currently a soccer union in Stellenbosch and we like to know if a person gets a red card what penatlty does he get.
i want to know how long a player must stay...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/1/2007

josh of West Valley City, Utah USA asks...

im on a breakaway past all defenders and i make a pass forward to my teammate is that off sides??...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/1/2007

Jim Grossman of Rocklin, CA USA asks...

I was the AR for a game the other day and ran into this situation: The player for Team A was offside and the ball was played to him. He made an attempt to play the ball and I raised my flag to signal offside.

Oops...Before the offside pla...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/1/2007

Tony of Sydney, Australia asks...

I refer to question 15298.
In Ref Contarino's answer to that deflected header question Ref Contarino used the term "describing a PLAY ON THE BALL and there should be no offside".

I looked up again the US advice to referee's and on the...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/1/2007

Ben Johnson of Raleigh, North Carolina USA asks...

If an attacker is in an offside position, but not involved in the play when the ball is shot, and offsides is not signaled by the assistant referee, if the shot is saved by the keeper and rebounds off of him to the attacker in the offside position is...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 5/1/2007

james tierney of springfield, mass USA asks...

Can a team play with only 8 players left on the field? Three red cards handed out to the same team in the same time and game terminated right after. Red card team was given the win. Is that right? ...

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