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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/3/2006

kevin foley of mount sinai, ny usa asks...

When the defending team is called for handling the ball in the penalty area it is always a penalty kick to attacking team, correct? When the handling is called outside the penalty area, is it correct the restart should always be a Direct Free Kick to...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/3/2006

Diana of West Bloomfield, MI USA asks...

Regarding offside, the following 2 situations always bother me. #1 Attacking team gets a free kick. Defensive team makes a wall 10 yards from the kick. Ball is kicked. Can the attackers start running as soon as the ball is kicked or must they wai...

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Law 11 - Offside

Joe of , MD asks...

I'm fairly confident about my knowledge & application of the LOTG, yet I wouldn't mind the panel's opinion on an application of one of the simplest laws, Offside. I worked a game last weekend in which almost every attack had a player in an offside p...

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Law 11 - Offside

Jeff Weitkamp of Wentzville, MO USA asks...

In a game this weekend, Our team had the ball and took a shot from about the top of the box. The goaltender made the save and the ball bounced to one of our girls that was behind the defense. The linesman called her offsides. Was she?...

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Law 11 - Offside

Jim Menter of Haverhill, MA USA asks...

I was at a game when the our team took a shot and it hit the cross bar. We had a player that was apparently offside when the shot was taken. He got the rebound and scored. They called him offside. No parent agreed with me that is was offside. Ca...

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MARK HETZER of BARBOURSVILLE, WV USA asks...

DOES A PLAYER WHO RECIEVES A YELLOW CARD HAVE TO LEAVE THE FIELD AND DOES THAT TEAM GET TO SUB FOR THAT PLAYER OR PLAY A MAN DOWN UNTIL NEXT POSSESION?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Dennis Griffin of Trenton, NJ asks...

You forum (and Law 12) has always stated that cards(red/yellow) are for players and substitutes. But I read (see below) that a coach received a red card in a WC qualifier..."After a goalless first half, Saturday's game changed in the 49th minute when...

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ashley of , asks...

what is your average salery per year?...

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Law 10 - Method of Scoring

Eric of Hopkinton, MA USA asks...

This was a question I saw on Jim Allen's web site, and I can't figure out how his decision could possibly be right. The situation is like this: Team A takes a shot on team B's goal, and the ball is cleared off the line. The AR raises his flag to i...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Skip Hansen of Overland Park, KS USA asks...

A player, standing on the goal line, prevents a goal by fending off a hard shot with her hands. In what situations must this be interpreted as "deliberately" and a red card given? Is there a way within the rules to give a penatly kick but not the red...

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