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Law 14 - Penalty kick 7/19/2010

Benny Owyang of Alameda, CA USA asks...

Can a player stop, take a step back, and continue several steps before the actual taking of the penalty kick?
Per USSoccer, an action which clearly is consistent with accetpable behavior while taking a free kick should be considered as falling w...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 7/18/2010

Denis Londero of sydney, nsw australia asks...

How many times can a penalty kick be taken? We had player encroachments into penalty box on two occasions and after the second attempt, which goals were scored on each attempt, the referee awarded the defending side a goal kick - is this correct? ...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 7/17/2010

vince devine of west deptford, new jersey usa asks...

On a penalty kick, there was offensive encroachment called. Should the kick be rekicked, or a should there be an indirect kick coming out?...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 7/7/2010

scott of kitchener, ontario canada asks...

On a penalty kick, the goalie makes the save but the ref orders a rekick because the goalie moved....should the player that just kicked the PK kick again, or can another player take the rekick. A rekick happened twice with the third different player ...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 7/6/2010

David Hooper of London, England asks...

In the recent Spain V Paraguay game in the World Cup Cesc Fabregas was clearly fouled by the Paraguayan goalkeeper who was following up after having saved the retaken Spanish penalty. However, Fabregas was only in the position to be fouled because h...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 6/15/2010

Scott of Watertown, NY USA asks...

My son and I got into a conversation and wanted to make sure I was correct in my thinking. My son is being coached by a coach stating that this is an acceptable way of taking a PK. The true question we were discussing is what will the restart be?
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Law 14 - Penalty kick 5/28/2010

Lumkile Payi of Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa asks...

can a penalty kicker be changed if the first one was ordered to be retaken?...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 5/27/2010

Chris of Hudson, NH USA asks...

If the keeper is out of the box and picks up the ball in his/her hands, is the result a direct kick or a PK?...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 5/24/2010

Ted Snyder of Belleville, IL St Clair asks...

Follow up, this occurred in a game I was watching, not reffing. PK awarded for foul in box. Player taking PK shot, goalie saved, came back to player who took the PK. He punched it in...referee called double touch. I thought if it hit post and play...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 5/23/2010

JOSEPH of GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA USA asks...

In the first half a penalty is committed, can a player on the bench come in to take the penalty kick?

Can a player come to take a penalty kick if a player is injured? Or does the player need to be on the field when the PK is called?
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