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Law 11 - Offside 3/22/2007

luciano mariano spadaccini of vasto, italy asks...

excuse me for my english....i hope you understand my example.

A defender can not leave the field voluntarily to transformer an on-side position of an attacker to off-side position.
If he does it the game will not stop and yellow card ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 3/22/2007

Sean of Palos Verdes, CA USA asks...

The LOTG state that the keeper cannot handle the ball again after releasing it into play until it has been played by an opponent anywhere on the FOP or a teammate outside the PA. This includes parrying the ball.

Why then do referees allow ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 3/22/2007

Drew Siverling of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania USA asks...

At what point does a goalie have control of a ball? For example the ball is rolling towards the goal, the goalie dives, gets a hand on top of the ball which is then kicked by an offensive player into the goal. ...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 3/22/2007

Tim Fauber of Rockville, md usa asks...

There is a difference between a feint and stopping and restarting. A feint is done as part of the motion of approaching the ball to kick it and would involve some hesatiation or deception. A player stopping his motion then restarting to simply dece...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 3/22/2007

Tim Fauber of Rockville, md usa asks...

Suppose the midfielder passes back to a defender who instead starts a run up the sideline, the keeper has to come out. The Keeper was going to clear but is being pressed so he dribbles into the area and picks it up. In this circumstance the ball was...

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Law 10 - Method of Scoring 3/21/2007

Cameron of Plamdale, CA USA asks...

1. Red shoots, Blue GK stops ball on goal line. Ref mistakenly awards goal but before restart defers to AR who says no goal. Should restart be a GK kick as he had possession of the ball or a dropped ball at the top of the goal box to be contested by ...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 3/21/2007

Steve Varadi of Calgary, Alberta Canada asks...

We were in a competition and the game ended in a tie.The competition follows the rules of FIFA so we proceeded to a shootout.The opposing team shot first and scored.We shot next and scored.Opposition shot next and missed.Next was our turn scored.Oppo...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 3/21/2007

Tina of Melbourne, Victoria Australia asks...

just say the game is finished but it has to be extended for a penalty-kick. The kick is taken, the ball hits the cross bar and stays in play, an attacking player(not the kicker) then kicks the ball into the goal. Is that a goal or not? what should a ...

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Law 1- The Field 3/21/2007

trolexdog of Buffalo, New York United States asks...

On the top of the big goal box what is the use of the little half circle?????...

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Mechanics 3/21/2007

Willie Rodriguez of Cleburne, TX asks...

Can a keeper's body be across the goal box and he handle the ball as long as he handles it inside the box? i.e. The keeper slides on the ball and his feet cross the line but his hands are still inside the box....

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