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This feature was created to help coaches, referees, players, parents, and spectators get answers to questions about refereeing from the Region 13 Referee Staff.
Use the text box below to submit your question(s) about calls made, or not made, during a recent game. In addition, your questions may be about Region 13 policies, such as whether or not slide tackles are allowed (Yes, they are, provided they are done correctly), or about how many quarters a player may play in goal in a U10 game. While all questions and answers will be treated confidentially, those of general interest will be posted below for others to benefit from, without the names of those who submitted the questions.
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Q: Can the goalie be switched during a game, for example right before a penalty kick? My understanding is that substitutions can only be made at the quarter and halftime breaks, or for an injury. Replacing a goalie for a penalty kick, and then going back the the original goalie directly afterwards, seems to violate this rule. Please advise, thanks.
A:
Short Answer
Yes, a team may change the player designated as goalkeeper with a player already on the field before the taking of a penalty kick.
A bit of explanation
The Laws of the Game (Law 3) require that one of the players on the field be designated as the goalkeeper. Law 3 further explains that any player on the field may change places with the goalkeeper provided that (1) the referee is informed before the change is made, and (2) the change is made during a stoppage in the match. Changing who is designated as the goalkeeper is not a “substitution” within the meaning of Law 3. A “substitution” means a substitute (an eligible player not currently in the game) is joining the game and a player on the field is leaving the game. (As alluded to in your question, AYSO rules have modified the Laws of the Game as to when substitutions may take place (including limiting substitutions to half-time, about half-way through each half, and for injuries); AYSO has not modified the Laws of the Game as they apply to changing the player designated as goalkeeper.)
Going back to your question, the referee has stopped the match to award the penalty kick. Accordingly, the defensive team may inform the referee that it wishes to change goalkeepers, and may make the change -- so long as the goalkeeper is changing places with a player already legally on the field.
Answered 5/3/12
Q: If a goalkeeper is sent off during a match, must one of the remaining field players be the goalkeeper, at least until the next sub opportunity?
A:
Short Answer
Yes.
A bit of explanation
Under the Laws of the Game, each team must always have a goalkeeper. (Law 3.) So when a goalkeeper is sent off (shown the red card), another player must be designated as the gaolkeeper. Under AYSO rules, a player being sent off is not a substitution opportunity, so no substitute may enter the game to become goalkeeper. Instead, as you state in your question, a player already on the field must assume the duties of the goalkeeper (including, of course, putting on a distinctive shirt) until the next substitution opportunity.
answered 5/1/12
Q: On a ball kicked to the keeper(not headed etc,) - by a teammate - after playing the ball with his feet in the penalty area, can the keeper then pick up the ball - in the penalty area? Thank you!
A:
Short Answer
No.
A bit of explanation
When the ball is deliberately kicked to the goakeeper by a teammate, Law 12 prohibits the goalkeeper from handling the ball. The goalkeeper cannot get around this rule by kicking the ball first and then using his or her hands. (This also means that if the ball is deliberately kicked to the goalkeeper while the goalkeeper is outside of the penalty area, the goalkeeper may not use his or her feet to kick the ball back into the penalty area and then handle the ball.)
(More information on the Law regarding balls deliberately kicked to the goalkeeper can be found in USSF's Advice to Referees, section 12.20.)
answered 5/1/12
Q: Is "Ask the Ref" answering questions now?
A:
Yes! Unfortunately, there has been a lag in coverage for which we apologize to anyone who may have had questions submitted. The Refs are back, and answers to the questions in the queue will be forthcoming, as well as answers to any newly submitted questions.
Q: If it is extremely cold out, can we allow the kids to wear sweatshirts over their uniforms?
A: No, the players' numbers must be visible. They can wear sweatshirts under their shirts, just as long as the hood is inside the shirt. Ideally the sleeves of the sweatshirt is the same color as the uniform shirt, but don't be a stickler on this.
Q: BU12 question: I have heard that the keeper may play a ball so long as it was not kicked to him intentionally. I saw a keeper called on this in a very questionable manner in week 1. Can you please clarify this rule and how it will be called in U-12? I am not sure what to tell my kids.
A:
This is the part of Law 12 that describes Indirect Free Kick Fouls comnmitted by goal keepers and is often misunderstood. This law is designed to discourage time-wasting by the team that is ahead at the time but can be violated by either team. Law 12 states that a ball that is deliberately kicked (with the foot) to the GK or to where the GK can play it is perfectly legal but it is considered a breech of the law if the GK then picks up the ball with the hands inside the penalty area. I tend to give the benefit of the doubt to the GK's team and won't whistle this violation without 100% certainty that the ball actually was deliberately kicked (with the foot) to the GK. By the way, many misquote the law by saying a "pass back" to the keeper, when the direction that the ball is traveling is less important than what the intent of the defender was. Be careful when attempting to whistle this violation. If you have to ask yourself, "was that a [deliberate] kick to the GK, or not, then let it go. Otherwise, award the IFK to the opponents.
Q: can you ref your own girls games in U10?
A:
Yes, in Region 13.
Q: If one of my ref is not available for one of the home games, can I recruit a parent to be a line ref?
A:
Yes, a "Club Ref" can be recruited. They are named "Club Refs" because they are provided by the club. They are not considered impartial so club refs can only indicate whether a ball is in or out of play. They can not signal direction on throw-ins, nor can they indicate whether a player is offside nor can they assist the referee in calling fouls.
Q: During a match, if a player commits a send-off offense against a TEAMMATE, does that team still play shorthanded?
A:
Yes.
Q: Other than the coin toss, are there any other functions we should ask or expect of the team captain/s?
A:
Per FIFA's Laws of the Game, team captains are not accorded any special powers or authorizations on the pitch, although some referees chosse to entertain questions from the captain(s) if asked in a polite, respectable manner, in order to avoid being peppered from qustions from the other 10 or so members of a team. Captains are expected to control their teammates, and that is it.
Q: Are the girls allowed to wear small stud earrings?
A:
No!