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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/26/2007

William Koss of Sterling, VA USA asks...

Richard Dawson's response is quite helpful. If the keeper has contact with the ball he should not be contacted, but if the contact is unavoidable or if the keeper subsequently fouls the striker even while in control is at the root of my question....

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/26/2007

john scally of sauchie, alloa scotland asks...

can a goalkeeper use a tee to place the ball on to to take a goalkick like they use in rugby ...

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Appearance 4/26/2007

Mike Castaldi of Columbus, OH USA asks...

How do you handle ARs who do not take their roles/jobs seriously? In my experience, this has manifested itself in a couple different ways -
1 - I occasionally run into ARs who show up with sub-standard uniform (i.e. wearing white socks, or red...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 4/26/2007

buck gibson of roswell, NM chaves asks...

hi I am buck gibson, I am a referee and a coach. I am coaching a middle school team right now and I was coaching the team on this call. penalty kick was being taken the ref signaled for the kick like he was suposed to. The kicker kicks the ball and t...

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League Specific 4/26/2007

andizxzl of money-roe, michigan usa asks...

what does fifa stand for?
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Other 4/26/2007

Steve of Vero Beach, Florida USA asks...

In a recent tournament game that I coached we had a bizzare set of circumstances. The AR1 assigned to this game was no where near staying with the play. In the 1st half, we were attacking the goal opposite his side. On one particular play, the GK fro...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/26/2007

Bart Jackson of Eagle, ID USA asks...

This seems to be splitting hairs [15250] as the keeper is not a keeper when he/she
is a field player and at that point a 'colleague'. Thus it is a deliberate
playing of the ball to the keeper and a deliberate attempt to usurp the laws of...

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Mechanics 4/25/2007

Jeff Mujagic of Brisbane , Queensland Australia asks...

I am just writing to ask what you guys think.
Here i Australia, we have Soccer and Football ( your Gridiron). The referee's who officiate those games have the authority to verbally tell the player when they are offisde to keep the game flowing. ...

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Character, Attitude and Control 4/25/2007

EM Pearson of Medina, TN USA asks...

Just a comment on Mr. Ian Pearl. I am trying to get a mental image of this expert and connoisseur sitting in his easy chair at home and refereeing EPL matches by watching slow mos on the telly from 17 angles. This is a pretty funny picture. Let me...

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Mechanics 4/25/2007

Terri of Christiansburg, Virginia USA asks...

After a call by the ref is called is the player aloud to ask (not rudely or meanly) the ref why the call was made? Only if the player truly does not understand why the play was called? Thanks....

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