Question Number: 14120

Law 10 - Method of Scoring 10/14/2006

RE: Rec Under 10

Bart Underhill of Llano, Texas USA asks...

If the ball is kicked at the goal and the goalie catches the ball with his feet inside the goal but the ball stays out, is it a goal. The goalie was standing up.

Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

A goal is scored when the whole of the ball crosses the whole of the goal line under the crossbar and between the posts, provided the team scoring the goal has not infringed the Laws of the Game. You said the ball stayed out of the goal.

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Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

The ball must cross goal line. Nothing else matters. The whole ball must cross all of the plane of the goal line

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Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

A goal may only be scored if all of the ball crosses over all of the goaline between the goalposts and under the crossbar in accordance with Law 10 and if no offence has been commited by the kicking team. Nothing else matters but the ball and its location

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Answer provided by Referee Debbie Hoelscher

The only thing that can score a goal is the ball. Not a body. It doesn't matter where the body is in relation to any of the markings on the field. Only the position of the ball matters.

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