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Say the person taking the penalty kick runs right past the ball, then backs up to take it again. You blow the whistle. I would think this is is an illegal feint and YC for the kicker and indirect kick for the defenders, but a referee that I follow on a social media platform gave this example...

These Q&As are from the IFAB "Simplified Laws of the Game" document. Q: An opponent is less than 9.15 m (10 yds) from a free kick when it is taken and interferes with the kick? A: Unless the referee plays the advantage, the kick is retaken and the offending player is shown a yellow card. Q...

What is the restart when a goalkeeper traps the ball with one hand on the ground and an attacker toe pokes it away. It isn't a foul/direct kick offense, right? Is it indirect for playing in a dangerous manner? I think giving a free kick at the spot is worse than the goalkeeper having possession...

An indirect free kick is awarded if a goalkeeper, inside their penalty area, commits any of the following offences: touches the ball with the hand/arm after releasing it and before it has touched another player What qualifies as a "release"? Is it deliberate? Imagine any goalkeeper catching a...

Today I was Assistant Referee (AR) and the attacking player was in an offside position. A long ball was played. The attacker was chasing after it. I was running with the play getting ready to raise my flag once she played/touched the ball but, before that happened, the defender outran the...

They added this language to Law 11...*The first point of contact of the ‘play’ or ‘touch’ of the ball should be used; however, when the ball is thrown by the goalkeeper, the last point of contact should be used. Can someone explain what this means and maybe provide an example of what this is...

Late in yesterday's match, there was PK called for a high boot that the referee thought had made contact with Muller as Muller was trying to head the ball. Referee reviewed the play and overturned the PK because he determined there was no contact. The restart was a drop ball to the goal keeper...

So a fellow referee reached out to me about bicycle kicks and, although I've been reffing a few years, I've never had a player kick someone while doing a bicycle kick. Although they "are permissible if not dangerous", I feel like, if the foot during a bicycle kick is anywhere near a player's...

I had an attacker 1 on 1 with the keeper. The keeper comes flying out and fouls the attacker/wipes her out going for the ball. I'm like OK. What did I just see? What am I going to do? All of a sudden I see the ball trickle into the goal. I award the goal and no sanction. Not a peep from coaches...

Hello, This was from a women's college quarterfinal match. Penn State University in Blue. University of North Carolina in white. The final decision was offside. What do you guys think? It seems like most of the chatter was about whether or not the white team player's touch was a deliberate...

I'm not sure how you guys get assigned games for youth matches, but for me in the Washington DC area, assignors post their matches on a website/app and we can review them and request specific matches. There are several end of season tournaments in my area this weekend so assignors are desperate...

Hello, 16.2 states: If, when a goal kick is taken, any opponents are inside the penalty area because they did not have time to leave, the referee allows play to continue. If an opponent who is in the penalty area when the goal kick is taken, or enters the penalty area before the ball is in...

The law says to consider the location and number of defenders for DOGSO. What criteria do you use for this to determine DOGSO? Most people talk about "last defender" has to foul the attacker for it to be DOGSO. Here are some hypothetical situations. Any difference in what you would call? Any...

Hello, watching the women's Olympics, there have been a few shootouts and, at least twice, the camera was up close with the coin flip for the shootout. Both times that I watched, the referee flipped the coin and it looked the referee allowed one of the captains choose which goal the shootout...

This may be trivial, but what is the correct hand signal for the direction of a throw in. Is the it more like a signal for a corner kick (arm up on and angle) or is it more like the direction for a free kick (arm parallel with the ground)? Law 5 doesn't show this hand signal. Thank you.

I saw this clip on Twitter. It doesn't appear a foul was called. Say you were teaching the Laws to brand new referees. How would you explain whether this is a foul or not? Did the defender clearly get the ball? Yes. Did the defender take out the attacker? Yes. Thanks

So in my son's U17 match, a kid deliberately pulls on the shirt of an attacker to try to stop the attack but the attacker shakes him off. The referee yells advantage. The same defender catches up to him a second later and again tugs on his shirt. The attacker shakes him off. Again, the referee...

There is nothing special about this particular situation but it got me thinking...I was watching a match last night and one team tied it up late, and as you've probably seen dozens of times, the scorer sprinted into the goal to grab the ball just as the GK was picking it up and then teammates...

From Law 16: From 16.1: The ball is in play when it is kicked and clearly moves From 16.2: If an opponent who is in the penalty area when the goal kick is taken, or enters the penalty area before the ball is in play, touches or challenges for the ball before it is in play, the goal kick is...

Hello, so just to start off, I'm in the US and we do not use club assistant referees in any of the leagues I referee in. Everyone is a certified referee. And more often than not, we do a set of games and we rotate between AR and center referee. My point there is that the referee crew should be...