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Law 5 - The Referee 11/13/2015

Duncan Mitchell of Ipswich, QLD Australia asks...

Attacker passes the ball to a team mate in an offside position, the linesman immediately raises his flag, BUT the ball hits a defender on the leg and the passer of the ball recollects it, The defence stops because the flag has been raised, the attack...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/13/2015

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

I watched the video that was suggested by referee Joe McHugh & have one question about it. Regarding the issue of interference vs. interception on a quick free kick, the video stated that forward movement + contact with the ball by a defender who wa...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/12/2015

Rico Luna of La Habra, CA Orange asks...

Ok, here it goes.

During my game, a attacker takes a shot to which the keeper saves. Everyone starts running towards the half way line as the keeper has been kicking the balls fairly far during the first half(due to the wind).
Well this...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/12/2015

Alain D of Victoria, BC Canada asks...

Team A takes a quick free kick. A player from Team B comes from behind at a lightning speed, which surprised everybody including me, and intercepts the pass at about 2-3 yards from where the ball was at the kick. I let the play continue because it wa...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/11/2015

SV Parent of Sierra Vista, AZ USA asks...

If a player is sprinting towards goal, has past midfielders and has 3 defenders converging on him coming into the box. The offensive player is elbowed and pushed resulting in a half slide half fall while kicking ball and goalie is charging ball. If o...

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Law 17 - Corner Kick 11/11/2015

Rico Luna of La Habra, CA Orange asks...

Good evening,
So this is how the double touch happened.
The corner trick play unfolded as follows:

The ball goes out on the left side of the goal so the corner is taken on my side of the field. I position myself near the penalty arc...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/11/2015

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

Hello, my question is about building the wall rules.

Hypothetical situation: Team A takes the free kick. Players from this team build a wall in place (9,15 m), where normally builds the wall team B.

Is it prohibited? :-) Or, what i...

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Law 17 - Corner Kick 11/10/2015

Rico Luna of La Habra, CA Orange asks...

I forgot to mention that the throw in was executed correctly that's why I let the play continue.
I probably would have called a bad throw in on Evra though lol.

The trick corner kick was an obvious double touch by the person executing ...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 11/10/2015

PAUL HERTELENDY of Berkeley, CA USA asks...

A player goes down with an injury. When the ref whistles the stop-play, Team A clearly has possession. When play resumes, the ref feeds the ball to a Team A player for the 'drop ball' in order to resume. Two Q's: 1. Can that player dribble the ball, ...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/10/2015

R Bogh of Beaumont, California United States asks...

In an Adult Game a forward takes a long shot on Goal. The Keeper (With no attackers near (20 Yards Away) Takes his fists and intentionally punches the ball. A player in an Offside position (About 20 Yards away) comes up and Plays the Ball. My fell...

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