On a throw in, the player attempts to throw the ball down the line but the ball touches behind the touch line (out of bounds) and then crosses the touch line and goes onto the pitch. The throw, mechanically, was legal. The feet were on the ground, the ball was thrown from behind the head with two hands and both feet were on or behind the touch line.
Impeding the progress of another player results in an indirect free kick. Does this mean that if a defender merely impedes an attacker this does not results in a PK? Is that why so many players “dive” in the penalty area so they can up the call to a trip instead of must impeding?
In a match I saw yesterday, the coach was given a red card and asked to leave the field. Eventually he did, but what can the ref do if the coach refuses to leave? Does he suspend the match or abandon it? Can he call a forfeit? Award PKs to the other team until the coach agrees to leave?
I think this would be technically ok as long as the point where the ball crossed the line was the point the throw should have been taken from.
Impeding an attacker is much the same as fouling him, the difference is that it is impeding if neither player can play the ball, i.e. the offence takes place off the ball. For example if a player is running into the area to get in position to receive a pass and is body checked then it would be an indirect free kick in the area, if the player had the ball when he was body checked it would be a penalty. So no, this isn’t why players usually dive, they dive to turn non-offences into offences or exaggerate an offence to make it more likely to be given.
This would be the same if it was a player refusing to leave after being sent off, the referee basically just has to make sure the player/coach is removed before play continues and has his 2 assistants, 4th official and reserve assistant to help him if needed. In extreme situations where things can not be settled without violence I think the referee would need to forfeit the match and award victory to the other side. I don’t think this has ever happened for this reason though.
If the throw lands directly out of bounds the throw is retaken. If it lands in that goes out, the throw goes to the other team.
Obstruction is an indirect kick no matter where it is, so in the penalty box it would still be an indirect. Keep in mind that obstruction is only impeding when the players are not within laying distance of the ball. If the ball is really anywhere near, it would be an actual foul and in the box result in a penalty kick.
He would not restart until the player/coach left. If they never leave he would probably end the game. Unlikely in a professional type match where there are other officials, police, etc. Though I once ended a game while refereeing a youth match when an irate couch came out onto the field screaming and refused to leave after I sent him off, and the other parents etc. couldn’t convince him to go either.
Also worth noting on #2 - impeding is ultimately at the discretion of the umpire, as a defender (or any other player for that matter) is allowed to fairly challenge for the ball. Usually, this is deemed as shoulder to shoulder is ok - as soon as you grab, hold, pull, you’re in trouble. So often players of larger stature use their size to ‘shield’ the ball or to force a player off the ball, this is not classed as impeding. Someone dinking it past you and then you moving to block their path is the usual cause for an obstruction call.
You are right on the first question. After posting I found where in the guidance section of the rules where they say the throw needs to be retaken if it hits the ground out of bounds first. I’m not sure how that follows from the rules, though.
Thanks for the answers on the other questions as well. I’ve been around soccer for about 6 or 7 years now and I’ve ref’d for a couple of years, but some of the more subtle interpretations of the rules (and probably not so subtle) are still not clear to me. Fortunately, I only ref kid games so it isn’t a big deal. I’m trying to learn, though.
As we saw in the World Cup (in the Uruguay-Ghana match), an intentional handball that stops the ball from going into the net results in a red card to the guilty player as well as a penalty kick for the victimized team. What would happen if the guilty player quickly realizes his mistake and intentionally kicks the ball into his own net before play is stopped? Would the red card be commuted to yellow or to nothing at all?
It’s a highly speculative situation so I’m thinking it would depend on the ref. Some reasoning I ran through:
Red or not? The red card would be for what’s called “denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity”, but if you immediately put the ball in the net anyway, was the goal really denied?
Yellow or not? If no red, then the case for a yellow probably comes down to “unsporting behavior” for blocking the goal in the first place. But then realizing your mistake and scoring on yourself is very sporting, so should that cancel things out?
My suspicion is that FIFA would want the red card given since they seem to tend toward strict rule interpretations these days regardless of what’s deemed fair by anyone else. I tend toward a yellow myself since there’s no significant change of outcome by the momentary indiscretion, but it deserves some sort of punishment to discourage the behavior.
If you want an answer from a bit more experienced array of refs, you could ask the question here.
I would think that with soccer’s long history, there would already be some precedent. If the answer is still a red card, wouldn’t that mean that the victimized team gets the goal and the penalty kick?
Just based on other penalty situations in soccer, unless there is “advantage”, the play is called back to the spot of the foul. With advantage, only the restart is eliminated, not the sanctioning of the player. In other words, I would think the goal is allowed and the player is given a red card. Play resumes with a kick off.
Right, so either no advantage is given, the play is dead at the handball, red card is given and a PK is awarded, or advantage is given and the goal is allowed with the card (be it yellow or red) being issued before the restart (kickoff).
If you’re referring to to the point of the 6-yard box, I believe it is only an indication of how close to the goal an indirect free kick can be placed. Any foul resulting in an indirect free kick committed inside the box is moved to the line. Any direct free kick that would be given inside the 18-yard box is instead a penalty kick.
As for interfering with the goal keeper, you are generally not allowed to offer a fair challenge to the keeper like you would any other player. If you do try to get to the ball first and fail, it’s not good news for new, but I’m not familiar with how penalties are applied.
Yes. The ref has discretion to throw any person on the sidelines out.
Though, I don’t know what happens if someone refuses to leave. Unless the rules have changed since I refereed for younger leagues as part of a youth league in high school (and the rules we used were pretty much FIFA rules modified somewhat to make the game less dangerous for minors–e.g. raising your foot above the waistline of someone close to you was high kicking and would result in an indirect free kick for the other team).
Any ejection of someone for unsportsmanlike behavior without a further serious penalty (in other words, for simply being a dick) would result in stoppage of game and an indirect free kick for the other team if it was a coach or player, or for the team that had possession last if it was a spectator. However, you wouldn’t stop play for someone being a dick if there was a drive on goal and the dickery was unrelated to the current play. You’d wait for the play to die down.
The basic idea is that if the ball bounces out of bounds first then it probably never entered play, so it’s basically just a do-over. I believe if it enters play (crosses the line) then leaves play before bouncing it would be considered a dead ball and the throw in would go to the other team.
As for refs throwing out coaches… used to happen to my team when I was in high school (not my HS team, but my other team) all the time cause our coach was a total drunk (though a good coach) and would always get really riled up at the ref if they made an obvious mistake. The ref would wait for the ball to go dead, then walk over and make my coach leave the field and play wouldn’t resume till he did.
Back in my youth league, we were told to NOT show cards to coaches or fans. Give them (or the coach if a fan) a formal warning that their behavior was unacceptable and they would be reported to the league for their actions. If it was bad enough, we would verbally eject them and tell the assistant coach to have them removed before the game could continue.
Oh, yes, absolutely. If the coach isn’t behaving, the coach gets kicked out of the field. They can show red cards (which in the case of “sideline folk” means getting kicked out of the field) to pretty much anybody.
My grandfather once showed red cards to both coaches, 8 players from one team and 7 from the other; the game got canceled, of course (the cards didn’t go one by one, the last melee where the game got canceled also saw a bunch of cards being shown). He got the exact same match the following year, and the posters had “[his name] refereeing” in bigger letters than the teams’ names.
The 6-yard box also marks where goal kicks are taken (when the attacking team knocks the ball over the end line).
At one point, the rules did have a theoretical distinction between how the keeper could be challenged inside of the goal box and outside, but in practice it wasn’t called any differently, and I think they’ve removed that rule.
Finally, the offside rule in soccer also acts a little like the crease rule in hockey, in that most of the time the offside rule keeps offensive players from camping out right in the goal mouth.