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Question Number: 36001 8/29/2025RE: House league Under 17 Kosta of Ottaww, ON Canada asks...Hello,
I was refereeing a low key house league U16 game (single referee). A defending player kikcked the ball and it was going out over the goal line. In aticipation of the ball leaving the field I raised my arm to indicate the corner kick just as the ball was crossing the goal line (there were no other players in a vicinity of the ball, either attacking or defending). Well, did I pull a trigger a bit too soon: the ball hit a rock (that was sitting right on the edge of the field), without crossing the touch line rebounded back onto the field, and an attacking player picked it up and pressed an attack.
I did not whistle the play dead as I did not quite know what to do, but, luckily, the attack did not result in goal scored, or I surely would have heard it from the players and spectators.
Should I have stopped the play for outside interference? What would have been a proper restart - a corner kick as if the ball would have left the field if not for a rock or a drop ball? Who would get the drop ball if the ball was last touched outside the penalty box?
Thanks. - The distinguished panel of referees is still discussing this question. We will have an answer shortly. Thank you for your patience.
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