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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/20/2006

Steve Salis of Vero Beach, Florida USA asks...

In a game last night an attacker had a 1 v1 with a goalie about 13 yards in front of the goal. The attacker extends his arm to ward off the goalie. The goailie pushes out with both arms and makes contact with the attacker. The attacker did shoot an o...

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Pre-Game 10/11/2006

Jason of Edmond, Ok USA asks...

Do you have any inspiring, encouraging, or uplifting words you say to the AR's during the pregame?

For example, I was an AR on a game with a wonderful referee for a game with 30 minute halves. After the captains were sent away from the co...

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Mechanics 10/6/2006

Gil Acedo of Pasadena, CA USA asks...

Re:#13991

This question brings back memories that still haunt me today. I was being assessed as an assistant referee when I looked away for just a second to address a heckler seated behind me. When I looked back I saw a ball flying throu...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 4/6/2006

Bob of Litchfield, NH USA asks...

I had a situation as an AR this week in a U15B game.

The CR called for two PKs on my end of the field during the first half. On the first, the keeper positioned himself on the goal line as instructed and just before the kick took a small ...

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Pre-Game 3/31/2006

joe of scs, Michigan usa asks...

In a pre-game meeting ,what should the center ref. go over with his assistants. And the other question was, when a goalie gets a red card,does a player on the field gets to go in goal, or another goalie comes in from the bench,and a player gets off t...

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Pre-Game 3/30/2006

Kyle of Washington CH, Ohio USA asks...

What do you put in your "referee bag" before your first game of the season?...

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Pre-Game 1/27/2006

Stefan Seville of Marietta, Georgia USA asks...

This is a follow up to #12095
Richard- 1) It was a very constant barrage, the ball never left the box. 2) The infringing player was guilty of 3 offsides in the time I had my flag up. 3) We just dicussed in the pregame to pop once and only once(...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/24/2006

Stefan Seville of Marietta, Georgia USA asks...

Hello all,
I was running Ar1 for one of the older refs in our park when an offside occured deep in the box. I popped my flag and stood there like a flagpole for about 2-3 minutes without the ref noticing me. A goal was then scored by the guilty ...

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