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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=007503418-01102009><FONT
color=#0000ff face=Arial>Your decision and action was correct under the
Laws of the Game (LOTG). See comments interspersed... I
am copying the reply to coaches as well as the referees to promote understanding
of the Laws.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009> </SPAN><STRONG>Sent:</STRONG> Wednesday,
September 30, 2009 11:52 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
bob@starshippilot.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Question on
handling<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hi
Bob,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009><FONT color=#0000ff> ... </FONT></SPAN> a
situation came up in my U10 game on Saturday that I wanted to ask your opinion
on.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">After making a save,
the goaltender was running while holding the ball, intending to put it in
play, but he mistakenly ran well past the penalty area line (3+ yards and
still running) without releasing the ball. What do we do?<FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
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<P dir=ltr class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=007503418-01102009>In a U10 match, if
the Keeper had barely crossed the line, I might have let it go with a
word of advice to the Keeper about watching the line. But 3+ yards is a
bit much. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">My assessment was
that this constituted handling, and I blew the whistle to award the other team
a direct free kick from the spot of the infraction, just outside the penalty
area. An attacking player arrived on the scene within a few seconds and
blasted the ball into the goal before the defending team had a chance to set
up any kind of wall. After a conference with my ARs, I allowed the goal to
stand, but I heard several objections. The objections were:<FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
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<P dir=ltr class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=007503418-01102009> Correct call. The
Goalkeepers use of hands is only allowed when the ball is in the Penalty Area
(and remember, the line is part of the Area).</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">1) It should have
been an indirect free kick, not a DFK, because the handling was inadvertent.
My view on this is that this is not the same as a ball accidentally hitting
someone’s hand. The goalie was deliberately handling the ball. Inadvertently
going over the line doesn’t enter into it. (And in any case, inadvertent
handling would have been no foul at all, as opposed to an IFK.) My ruling:
Deliberate handling and therefore DFK.<FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
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<P dir=ltr class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=007503418-01102009>You were correct. Deliberate
Handling is a foul punished by a DFK. Please no one ever water
down the a DFK foul by thinking "it wasn't so bad or wasn't
intentional, so I will just award an IFK instead."). If the ball-hand
contact was not the result of action by the GK, it wouldn't have been a
foul at all. Clearly in this case the handling has to be considered
"deliberate".</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2) It should have
been an IFK because it was a goaltender limitation violation, not handling by
another player. I considered this but decided this was handling, not a
goaltender limitation.<FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
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<P dir=ltr class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=007503418-01102009>Correct, outside of the Penalty
Area, the Keeper has no special privileges and is subject to the
same limitations as the other players. It is true, that a Keeper can
never be called for Deliberate Handling when the ball is in his/her own
Penalty Area (and a DFK awarded to the other team because of it). The
violations by the Keeper evolving "hands" such as (1) second touch,
(2) handling a ball directly from a throw-in by a teammate, (3) handling a
ball deliberately kicked by a teammate, and (4) taking more than
6 seconds to return the ball into play are IFK. Handling the
ball outside of the Area isn't one of
those four. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">3) The defending team
should have been allowed a chance to set up a wall before the kick. Because I
considered this to be an infraction outside the penalty area, I considered it
to be a normal DFK, not a penalty kick, and I didn’t see why the offense
shouldn’t put it in play as soon as they were ready.<FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P dir=ltr class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=007503418-01102009> A team which commits a foul
has no rights. The team awarded the free kick can take it at any
time (unless they request the Referee intervene to enforce the distance by the
defenders. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P dir=ltr class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=007503418-01102009><EM>Now in a U10 match</EM> I would
likely make sure the Keeper has recovered close to his/her position in
front of the goal before allowing the kick, (perhaps by standing the way).
The LOTG states there has to be a keeper, though it doesn't say they have to be
in position, but with a U10 player who likely hasn't player keeper
before, I am willing to bend the meaning of that requirement a
bit. I'm sure others will disagree with that.
:-)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Any thoughts? This
was the tying goal late in the game, and it made me fairly unpopular with one
of the teams.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P dir=ltr class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009><FONT color=#0000ff>You made the right call, good
job! </FONT></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P dir=ltr class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
class=007503418-01102009><FONT color=#0000ff>While the Keeper likely made the
mistake out inexperience and the excitement of the moment and one of the
Referees job at U10 and below is to teach the Laws, this keeper and the
other players learned a lesson, perhaps the hard way, but learned.
While we would all like to have our calls so clearly correct that no one can
disagree with them, the fact is that half of the spectators will likely disagree
with any call made. They are biased after all as they should be as
parents.</FONT></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML>