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Thank you. I'm a newer ref and I'm doing more centers now and I always ask/insist on some feedback from y ARs who are normally much more experienced than I am and I often specifically ask about more foul recognition and consistency as this is were my confidence struggles the most with being the...

Is there some unwritten rule for match control I guess that you should try to call the same number of fouls against each team? What do you do if one team is just fouls more? Thanks

So I'm pretty much back to square one of when is a handball in the box a YC. In this video (see around both 1:40 and 2:10), the narrator twice says that the handball would be a penalty and a YC for "blocking a goal bound shot." Blocking a goal bound shot is not a reason for a YC in the book...

So did we all come to this conclusion: any handling in the penalty area must be a caution for USB? However, if it blocks an obvious goal, then it's red? Is this where we ended up? Thanks

Thanks. No, just imagine a defender in the box, closing down an attacker. The attacker is dribbling get's a shot off and the ball hits the defender in the hand. Lets say that it is certainly an offense and there are attackers and defenders around. The shot does have a chance to reach the...

I quoted or at least what I thought I quoted was straight from the book under cautionable offenses for USB. So just to be clear...I'm not questioning what is and isn't an offense. What I'm asking is when is it a card and when is it not. Thanks.

I agree. I'm not questioning what is or isn't a handball. I'm questioning whether or not the offense should be bookable or not. I'm asking...when is a handball a bookable and when is it not? Thanks

So I was watching a video on handball violations and the person was including "and, because the shot was "goal bound," it is also a yellow card." These handball examples were certainly unintentional. Are any shot attempts that hit an arm in an unnatural position regardless of how subtle or...

I'm in the US and this exact scenario was provided in a webinar a year or two ago as an example of NO OFFSIDE. The reason....because the defender deliberately played the ball even though it was only a graze off the top of his head. I'll try to find the video.

This is from the FAQ under Law 4. A player is wearing or using unauthorised or dangerous equipment or jewellery. What is the referee’s decision? The referee must order the player to remove the item. A player who is unable or refuses to comply or wears the item again must leave the field of play...

So, because Sterling didn't challenge for the ball the ball, the referees only had to consider what's below, correct? And because Sterling didn't obstruct the line of vision, everything was good? interfering with an opponent by: preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the...

I'm hoping some of you can share your thoughts on Man City's 2nd goal yesterday. Sterling was in an offside position on the ground in front of the GK. A defender partially blocks the shot in front of Sterling. Shot goes in. Noone appealed for offside. I agree there was no offside offense but...

Hello, I'm starting to center more games now....mostly 11, 12, and 13 year olds. What are some rules of thumb or points to consider when defenders take out an attacker but get the ball first. I feel like a trip is a trip regardless if you get the ball first but referees tend to let it go as...

Geezuz. Of course. I'm embarrassed.. : ) But I was thinking that a substitute is someone on the bench and a substituted player was someone that was subbed on and is now on the field playing. But I just needed to think harder on that one. My bad. Thanks.

Why are the 4th and 5th bullet points not listed as cautionable offenses for a substitute or substituted player? Thanks in advance Cautionable offences A player is cautioned if guilty of: delaying the restart of play dissent by word or action entering, re-entering or deliberately leaving the...

Thank you!

So let's say that attacker centered the ball and crossed the goal line just as you stated, and then immediately stepped back in and got up the field a few yards and everything else happened just as you said after he got back up field....it would still be a goal because that player who went out...

Can you all provide some examples of what this all means or even explain in in simpler terms. This is very confusing to me. Do players leave the field of play without the referee's permission often? What are the practical implications of this. Thank you much! "A defending player who leaves the...

My question matches the topic but quite a bit different than what has been discussed. Recently, I had a situation where the ball crossed the goal line and I didn't see clearly who touched it last. My AR gave me a blank stare. I signaled for a goal kick and the defender said..."I touched it...

Thank you. How did I not see this? 👍