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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/16/2007

James of Louisville, KY USA asks...

On direct kicks, when one or two defending players deliberately stand just one or two yards away from the ball knowing that they are going to be asked to be moved back ten yards in an effort to delay the restart of play, should they be cautioned for ...

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Law 15 - Throw In 4/16/2007

Fer of las palmas, spain spain asks...

Sorry, I dont speak english

Team A going to throw in. a player Team B is near (1 meter) and jump when player team A throw in.

- Decision?

1-If player B take the ball?
2-If player B not take the ball?
3-If pl...

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Mechanics 4/16/2007

Paola Morneau of Bloomingdale, NJ USA asks...

Team A is awarded a DFK about 25 yards out. Someone from Team A's bench tosses or kicks a second ball out onto the field.

The ref and both teams are watching the second ball while a player from Team B attempts to clear it from the field. <...

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Other 4/16/2007

Hannah of Ballwin, Missouri United States of America asks...

What are the rules of soccer?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/16/2007

El Gato of Buffalo, NY USA asks...

what makes a kick direct or indirect?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/16/2007

El Gato of Buffalo, NY USA asks...

im a keeper and one time on a drop kick i steped on the edge of the penalty box. the ref called it a hand ball. i thought your foot had to be ALL the way across the line. ...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 4/16/2007

Willie of Great Falls, MT USA asks...

Dear Sirs, I'm a coach of an U11 8v8 girls team. I had a center referee tell me that only one coach can offer tactical instructions from the technical area. We had 2 coaches shouting tactical instructions, since it was our first league game. Is t...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/16/2007

Brian Bartler of Elmhurst, IL USA asks...

We had a call in our game yesterday that I had not seen before. We had an attacker #1 with the ball driving to goal on the right side just outside the right goal post.

Attacker #2 ran be the last defender and was running to goal at the le...

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Law 15 - Throw In 4/16/2007

Chris Arts of Butler, NJ USA asks...

When a team is awarded a throw-in...the player throws the ball to his goalie, who is outside his box. The goalie plays it with his feet and dribbles it back into his box. Can the goalie now pick up the ball with his hands?...

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Other 4/16/2007

colm mc ardle of n/a, n/a ireland asks...

in a normal game of soccer,if someboby takes a shot and the ball hits either the cross bar or the posts is that shot considered to have hit the target?...

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