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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/8/2008

RE: Rec Under 11

Kevin Lewis of Clayton , CA Contra Costa asks...

The call is made (intentional pass back to the Keeper) where is the placement of the indirect kick? Does the penalty area affect anything?

Same question for competitive if there is any difference....

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/10/2008

RE: Competitive Under 14

Jay of Santa Cruz, ca USA asks...

At a game I was AR for the red team would move to within a few yards of the ball (not even close to 10)on a free kick and then slowly move back and stop short of 10 yards. At one point the center stopped the play and moved the red player back in cere...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 11/12/2008

RE: Rec Under 9

Mike Harding of Etchingham, East Sussex UK asks...

In open play, an attacker shoots at the opponents goal. He beats the keeper cleanly along the ground. Literally, as the ball is crossing the line the referee blows the whistle for half time. The ball subsequently ends up in the goal but the refere...

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Law 4 - Players Equipment 11/14/2008

RE: Select Under 19

Mike of Gilbert, SC USA asks...

During a U12 Girls game during my player inspection I had a lady with a medic alert medallion on a very little necklace. I informed her to remove this item which she did. The next thing I know I was confronted by her mother who stated that she was a ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 11/25/2008

RE: Select Under 13

Reza Taheri of San Jose, Ca United States asks...

OK, first by way of disclosure: the incident in question below happened after I had gotten a well-deserved caution from the referee. We had had the same (bad) referee for 3 games in a tournament wknd. By the second half of the 3rd game, I lost it and...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 11/28/2008

RE: Select Under 9

Danny Castellano of Bayonne, NJ US asks...

This is a substituion question. The rules that we use are that you can subsitute during any goal kick, half, after a goal, and only on your throw in. My question is are you allowed to change goalies during a PK. This was someone from the field th...

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