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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/2/2016

Jeff Reiner of Captain Cook, Hawaii USA asks...

Is there a restriction on a goalkeeper yelling at an attacker? I'm not referring to profanity, but to yelling in an attempt to intimidate the attacker from making a goal. ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 10/2/2016

Nigel Hughes of Bethesda , MD USA asks...

Is the referee obliged to walk out the distance from a free kick to the wall if requested by a player? I underatand that it may be wise for the ref to walk out the distance but my understanding is that he has no obligation if he believes the wall is ...

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Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 10/2/2016

Haji Hussain Jan of Muscat, Muscat Oman asks...

Can a player score an own goal from a kickoff?...

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Law 6 - The Other Match Oficials 10/1/2016

Haji Hussain Jan of Muscat, Muscat Oman asks...

Any specific size for Assistant Referee Flag and flagpost? ...

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Law 15 - The Throw In 10/1/2016

Richard Duncan of Frostburg, MD USA asks...

I have seen several instances where the throw in never enters the field of play and the ball is awarded to the opposing team as a throw in. Since the throw in is a way to start play, how does the ball change possession when it never entered the fiel...

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Law 15 - The Throw In 10/1/2016

Vahid of Sydney, NSW AUSTRALIA asks...

Hi, is there any requirement for how far a player should be from the touchline when taking throw -in ?...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 10/1/2016

Omar of Mogadishu, Banaadir Somalia asks...

During the kicks from the penalty mark goalkeeper has picked up and injury and his team has used all of their substitutions can this team replace this goalkeeper player who was excluded from the match to equalise the number of players?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/1/2016

Jack Smith of Sydney, New South Wales Australia asks...

I noticed that the wording has changed slightly for the direct free kick offences in Law 12 in the most recent Laws. In addition to 'tackles', there is now another word, 'challenges'. These words both imply that contact is not required in either of t...

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Mechanics 9/30/2016

jeff of new york, ny usa asks...

I will frequently announce on a clearly deliberately slow restart (goal kick, throw in, free kick) for a team to preserve a lead that the team has 5 seconds to put the ball in play, and for every slow restart afterwards I will do a countdown out loud...

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League Specific 9/30/2016

sam of Vancouver, BC canada asks...

With the new rule of shaking hands at the beginning of a game, should refs encourage a second handshake at the end of the game?...

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