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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/15/2010

David of Corona, CA USA asks...

The following question was recently asked in an AYSO email. While I agree with the basics of the answer, wouldn't the restart be whatever it was before the incident occurred? Thus a throw in, if that's why the ball is out of play rather than an IDF...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/15/2010

Donna of Coquitlam, Canada asks...

Is offside called for U10 level of players. I know we don't call offside for U8 & U9 but was wondering at what level offside is called.
Thank you....

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Law 11 - Offside 1/14/2010

kevin dunn of South Pasadena, california USA asks...

thank you for the thoughtful and insightful responses to my question(post 22708). I have a much better understanding of 'interfering with play or interfering with an opponent or gaining an advantage by being in that position'.
I was previous...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/13/2010

David Harris of Modi'in, Israel asks...

What to do if a player repeatedly shouts 'leave it'?

Many thanks...

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Law 5 - The Referee 1/13/2010

James of Gulf Breeze, FL USA asks...

During a game, a defender tripped an opponent in the penalty area, and the ball rolled directly to another attacking player, who then lost the ball moments later. I did not call for the penalty initially because of advantage, but then signaled moment...

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Law 4 - Players Equipment 1/13/2010

jeff garcia of la, ca us asks...

can i play in a game with a cast on?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/13/2010

Matt of Little Rock, Arkansas USA asks...

Can a player sitting on the bench, named as part of the squad ( a player waiting to be put on the field by his coach in place of another) be red carded?

He has not yet played but he is a potential player being named as a sub, and he is yelli...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 1/12/2010

Bill of Elkridge, MD USA asks...

I am a grade 8 USSF referee but in the game in question my son was playing and I was observing. During the taking of a free kick the player stood in front of the ball and 'scooped' it over the head of a defender. The ref blew the whistle and declare...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/11/2010

John Salemi of Ventura, CA USA asks...

Attacking team A has a player (A2) in an offside position in the penalty area directly in front of the goal. Player A1 plays the ball forward in the direction of A2. Defender B turns and with her back to her own goal jumps to head the ball out toward...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 1/11/2010

Mark Palmer of San Francisco, CA USA asks...

Thank you for all of the great responses.

As a follow up, it was not at the end of the game that the PK occurred. The keeper made the save by blocking the ball.

Unfortunately no explanation of the call was given. Was it offsides? O...

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