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League Specific 4/30/2007

Mary Smith of Garden City, NY USA asks...

Regarding indoor soccer what happens when a goal is scored? What is the action that is taken by the goalie who did not block the shot against his or her goal and what do the other players do after the goal is scored. ...

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League Specific 4/30/2007

jessica thompson of Dorchester, massachusett united states asks...

At a recent game a player was red carded from the game for kicking a player while he was on the ground. He continued to yell at the ref for red carding him. The ref told him to leave the area and then re-started the game. The ejected player never ...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 4/30/2007

Al Wielinga of Sarnia, ON Canada asks...

Continue loving the site. Even as one of the top referees in our local area, I'm still learning a great deal. :)

Referee makes an error in 1st half, playing 40 minutes instead of 45 (mixed up since Boys, Girls, Counties all have differen...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/30/2007

Sarah of Wichita, Kansas USA asks...

I'm 14 and have been refereeing for about a year. In a game last week, I was centering for a boys U12 game. A minute or two before half time, there was a situation where one player was making a play for a free ball and pushed off hard on another te...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 4/30/2007

George of Charlotte Area, NC USA asks...

Recently, in a high intensity U18 boys match, one team elected for a quick restart after receiving a freekick. The attacker put the ball down, kicked it, and the defender that was standing next to him stuck his foot out and blocked it. (They were le...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/30/2007

Ali of Rowlett, TX USA asks...

After a cornerkick was played, an attacker and the G. Keeper went up to play the ball. Both players ended up on the ground with ball in the keeper's hands. I did not see a foul commited on either player, but the keeper thought otherwise. The Keeper g...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/30/2007

Ed Twiss of Mahwah, NJ USA asks...

Goalie goes over the penalty area line to pump the ball. Bot ball and goalie out of the box. Does this result in a direct or indirect free kick....

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 4/30/2007

Angela of houma, la usa asks...

In our game today, the other team had a penalty kick (inside the box). When the guy kicked it the goalie didn't catch it he knocked it out. Well the same guy who kicked the penalty kick kicked it again and scored, but the ref did call the goal back a...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 4/30/2007

Steve of Vero Beach, FL USA asks...

I was an AR in a tournament game this weekend. The green team was ahead 1 - 0 late in the second half. After the FYSA mandated water break, the Coach of the green team began to substitute on every stoppage, 1 player at a time. Since this was a tourna...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 4/30/2007

Bill McKinley of Malvern, PA USA asks...

At the end of a game, our team had the ball w possession in front of the opposing net with time expiring. The referee blew the whistle once, we shot and scored, then the whistle blew two more times, ending the game. If the sequence of events was as s...

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