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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/24/2026Jerry of Riverside, CA United States asks...During a free kick, attacking player walks back and steps on defending player's foot. Defending player pushes attacker and gets a warning. Attacking player repeats motion, steps on foot, defending player get yellow. Attacking player repeats motion. W...
Read The Full Q & A Law 1- The Field 5/22/2026Jay Davies of Adelaide, SA Australia asks...Keeper kicking held ball is still standing inside the box but holding the ball over and slightly past the front of the box as they release to kick it.
Is the ball outside the box if any of it protrudes beyond the line or does it need to b...
Read The Full Q & A Mechanics 5/20/2026Shaun of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...I am writing to seek clarification regarding some highly irregular match officiating dynamics during an Over 55s game.
For this fixture, only one Assistant Referee (AR) was appointed. During the first 40 minutes, the AR was positioned on the tec...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 5/19/2026Ian Gray of Edinburgh, Lothian United Kingdom asks...A player of Team A (x) is the only player, except for the Goalkeeper in Team B, in the opposition half, at the edge of the penalty box.
A player of Team A (y) makes a pass forward to another player in Team A (z) who is in his own half (cle...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/15/2026David Saunders of WICKFORD, United Kingdom asks...In the Tottenham v Leeds match last Monday Tel was adjudged to have fouled Ampadu.
Should an indirect free kick instead of a penalty kick been awarded?
Law 12.2 states 'An indirect free kick is awarded if a player plays in a dangerous manne...
Read The Full Q & A Kicks From The Penalty mark 5/10/2026Thomas Fairman of Fareham, England United Kingdom asks...In a penalty shoot out, if the player taking the penalty hits the post then hits the back of the goal keeper and then goes in, does it count? If the goal keeper saves it onto the post then knocks it in, I imagine it counts as the ball was going in in...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/10/2026Marcus of London, United Kingdom asks...Hello, to make things clear in this scenarion I will have Player A who is a defender who plays for Team A and Player B who is the attacker and plays for Team B.
Say Player A and Player B are both in Team A's box, Player B is attempting to ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 3 - The Players 4/30/2026Peter Babbage of Hjørring, North Denmark Region Denmark asks...I know it’s been covered before but just can’t remember what the procedure is. Red team kicks off for the 2nd half and 5 minutes have been played . Reds score but it’s only then the ref notices they have 12 on the field . He has no idea which player ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 10 - Determining the Outcome of a Match 4/20/2026Daniel Hewett of Stouffville, Ontario Canada asks...Imagine playing on a smaller field and the goal keeper is very strong. He throws the ball out to a player and it somehow goes into the opposing goal without anyone touching it. Would this count?...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/17/2026MIBSGRAD of Gainesville, VA United States asks...I have a question with regard to handling and would also like to know if the answer is any different under NFHS or IFAB.
Is a female allowed to cross her arms over her chest to avoid being hit by the ball when it comes from a distance?
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