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Question Number: 19918Law 10 - Method of Scoring 9/10/2008RE: competive Under 17 Cody of Lehighton, PA US asks...if a goal is scored at the buzzer. is it considered a goal if the ball leaves the foot of the striker before the buzzer or does the ball have to cross the goal line before the buzzer? Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino You must be referring to high school ball which does not follow the Laws Of The Game like the rest of the world. In highschool soccer, the game is over when the buzzer sounds regardless where the ball is. In real soccer, the referee is the timekeeper and the game is over when the referee says it is
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View Referee Keith Contarino profileAnswer provided by Referee Ben Mueller In NFHS rules, the ball must be fully over the goal line before the buzzer sounds for the goal to count. In USSF/FIFA Laws of the game, the referee ends the match when he decides time is up, but the whole ball must be over the goal line before the referee decides that the match is over.
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