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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/13/2008

Ed Murphy of Lake Wales, FL US asks...

Thanks for your responses. I changed the category to 18yo competitive as it was that and my high school team as well. This would make it a "real world" situation. Gene, if I cant tell how far 2 yds is, I really am not qualified to ask any questions a...

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Law 2 - The Ball 3/21/2008

Brett Peavler of Brookfield, Wisconsin United States of America asks...

I almost had to cancel a game once because of a reason that is very hard to believe. I arrived at the field and did all the pre-game insection. I asked the coatches for a ball and none of them had remembered to bring any. They told me that I should h...

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Law 6 - Assistant Referee 3/4/2008

Jake of Memphis, Tennessee U.S.A. asks...

Recently I was an assistant referee at a local recreational tournament. I have a vast experience with refereeing (NISOA, Division 1 amateur, high school, etc), in fact I had just done a college match the night before. The purpose of me working the ...

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Pre-Game 9/26/2007

Adal V. of Saint Cloud, MN usa asks...

Thank you all and indeed, this is something that should've been covered at our pre-game conference. [16832]
Lesson learned for sure!
Thank you all and have a fun rest of your soccer seasons.
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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/17/2007

Steve of Vero Beach, FL USA asks...

Attacker traps a pass outside of the PA on the right side of the field. Defender launches a careless slide tackle and makes contact with attacker and attacker goes down. AR1 raises flag to indicate foul (as I instructed him to do in pre-game). The ba...

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Pre-Game 9/14/2007

Dave of Portland, OR USA asks...

I'm studying my FIFA rulebook and there are many places where information is followed by an asterisk and it says "see page 3" but I can't figure out WHAT they are referring to on page 3. For example "If the ball bursts...the match is restarted... wh...

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Pre-Game 6/19/2007

Learning of Memphis, TN USA asks...

I know many referees warm up before game starts. However, I am not sure about things I have seen around that referees do for warming up before games. Usually, they do not warm up or just run 15-20 yards or a few stretching moves that's all. I know th...

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Character, Attitude and Control 5/13/2007

L. Borges of Toronto, Ontario Canada asks...

Your site is very good. I learn from it a lot.

I have a question with respect to the duties of the assistant referee and a comment about refereeing.

I am a relatively young referee, and I started to referee about two years ago. ...

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League Specific 12/13/2006

Tom of Northern, VA USA asks...

Hello refs. Great reference site for all of us! Thanks.

I would like to know how you would handle this situation. A local club I sometimes ref for adopted a new policy this year in that there would be no ARs for U12 and younger. This is...

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Law 1- The Field 11/3/2006

Greg H of Chicago, IL Cook asks...

As part of my pre-game inspection, I noticed that the goals were anchored with only the net being held into the ground with stakes, is this legal?...

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