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5/17/2012

EP of State College, USA asks...

Red is awarded a direct free kick and a Red player intends to restart quickly to take advantage of Blue's disarray. A Blue player then hovers a yard from the ball in an intentional bid to delay the restart in order to allow her team to regroup. Fai...

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5/16/2012

David Deal of orlando, florida USA asks...

What is the rule if an official finds that one team has too many players on the field during a match and no goal has been scored. Does the official stop play immediately or do they wait for the ball to go out of play. Also, are any cautions given and...

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5/16/2012

Bill Durbrow of Washington, Vermont USA asks...

An attacking player with the ball turned so that her back was to my defender. My defender closed in to a 'touch tight' position in order to keep the attacher from turning. The ref called a foul on the defender because she was using her fore arm to ...

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5/15/2012

Filippo of Palermo, Italy asks...

It is stated that a player must be sent off if he receives a second caution during the same match (Law 12). And it is true that a player may be cautioned or sent off even during the taking of kicks from the penalty mark ('Procedure to determine the w...

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5/15/2012

Jorge Medina of Bellflower , CA Los Angeles asks...

When a goalie kicks the ball from a goal kick and a opponent is in outside position, but the ball hits a defender in the back when the goalie kicked the ball. The opponent then gets the ball and scores. Is the opponent in the outside positon....

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5/14/2012

Deion of Atlanta, Ga United states asks...

I'm under the impression that if a goalie deflects or catches a goal attempt and puts it back on the ground the ball is in play? Is that correct?...

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5/14/2012

brandon wills of sydney, nsw australia asks...

this is a wierd question but on the weekend there was 5 mins of play left and we were down 2-1, we got fowled and the ref gives it to the opposition and we complain why. the ref then blows the whistle and then says f**k you's all and walked off with ...

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5/13/2012

Kim of Manasquan, NJ USA asks...

Today the goalie had a foul called on him for handling the ball outside the PA. He was in the process of punting the ball and the line ref claims he held onto the ball too long and carried it out of the box prior to the punt. An indirect kick was a...

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5/13/2012

Jim of Middletown, Nj Usa asks...

Player takes pk. GK blocks shot. Ther is no contact with the frame, only the gk. The player taking the pk shot kicks the rebound in for a goal. Should the goal be allowed? Is the gk considered 'another player'...

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5/12/2012

alex of richmond hill, ontario canada asks...

This has always been a difficult area for me. It is easy if I am looking at a player when he speaks something that I need to take action. However, the problem arises if I hear something coming from behind me.

All the advise I saw so far is i...

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