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The Red team has been awarded a free kick near midfield and elects to put the ball in play quickly. The ball strikes Blue #5 who is stationary approximately 6 yards from the site of the kick. The referee must stop play and caution Blue #5.

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John Smith

John Smith

John Smith
John Smith

Answered Sep 09, 2016

False-ussf advice to referees (2008) 13.3 states an attacking team may exercise its right to take a free kick when the players see an advantage to do so even with an opponent closer than the minimum distance. however, they may not thereafter claim infringement of the distance requirement if the ball is kicked to an infringing oppponent who is able to control the ball without moving toward it. in such a case, because the attacking side has considered the encroachment trivial, the referee must accept what he or she has seen. (emphasis in original text) if blue #5 had, in the words of the advice to referees, perform[ed] an act that makes a difference in the play, such as blocking the kick, that player has committed an offense that must be dealt with firmly in accordance with the law. that would be a caution for failure to respect the required distance on a free kick.
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