Could You Answer These Sports Questions? Trivia Quiz

The correct answer is to allow play to begin with the Spartins a player short. In this situation, the referee should not abandon the match or award a win to the Ravens as it is not fair to penalize the Spartins for not having a full team. Allowing play to begin with the Spartins a player short ensures that the match can still take place and both teams have an equal chance to compete.

Advice to Referees on the Laws of the Game - 12.30 A player who receives a second caution must first be shown the yellow card for the second caution, and then must be shown the red card for the sending off offense - two cautionable offences in the same game.

The accepted procedure is to display the cards in sequence, not at the same time.

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.

The position of the keepers hands and ball are what is important, provided he handles the ball within the penalty area he has done nothing wrong even though the rest his body is outside the penalty area.

Daniel also did nothing wrong. Once the keeper comes out of the penalty area, he can be legitimately challenged just like any other player.

Law 8 - On a dropped ball, play restarts when the ball touches the ground. The drop is done again if it is touched by a player before it makes contact with the ground. Also, if the ball rolls out of play before it is touched, the drop is taken again as well.

Law 17 (Procedure) specifies that the opponent must be at least 10 yards from the
corner arc, which is what the mark indicates.

This is not misconduct, as the Interpretations (Law 11) explain. The player is
demonstrating her non-involvement and thereby avoiding infringing the Laws. She
should not be penalized, and the referee should allow play to continue. USSF Advice
to Referees (2008) 11.8 covers this situation as well.

The game should be restarted with the goal kick, because the ball was not in play when the punch occurred. The red card is for a misconduct, not a foul. Fouls can only occur when the ball is in play. The ball is in not play on a goal kick until it leaves the penalty area. Since the ball was not in play, a foul cannot occur. So the restart is not a free kick but the goal kick.

Law 5 says that the referee cannot change his decision once play has been restarted.
Therefore, the goal cannot be disallowed once the kickoff has taken place. Play must
be stopped and the extra person removed from the field. USSF Advice to Referees
(2008) 3.20 covers the various possible disciplines and restarts, depending on the
status of the extra person.

Law 2 - If the ball bursts or becomes defective during the course of a match, the match is stopped and restarted by dropping the replacement ball at the place where the first ball became defective, unless play was stopped inside the goal area, in which case the drop is on the goal area line, parallel to the goal line, at the point nearest to where the original ball was located when play was stopped.Since the ball became defective when hitting the crossbar, which is inside the goal area, the drop takes place on the goal area line.

Law 3 - To replace a player by a substitute, one of the conditions is: that the substitution is completed when a substitute enters the field of play.

Even though Adam was leaving the game, he is still under the authority of the referee and can be given a red card. Since Adam is sent off with a red card, before Kyle entered play, Adam cannot be replaced and the substitution is not allowed. The Panthers must play a man short for the duration of the game.

Law 13 - If on a free kick, after the ball is in play, the kicker touches the ball again before it has touched another player: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team, the kick to be taken from the place where the 2nd touch occurred.

There can be no goal. Once the ball was touched again by Noah, play is over and an indirect kick is awarded. You wouldn't retake the kick either because free kicks can be played in any direction. Only penalty kicks must go forward.

The assistant referee does not have the power to penalize anyone. His duty is to
provide information to the referee, who makes the decision. Specifically, Law 6 says
"Two assistant referees are appointed whose duties, subject to the decision of the
referee, are to indicate: ... when a player may be penalized for being in an offside
position ... ."

Law 12 - A player is cautioned and shown the yellow card if he commits: Unsporting Behavior. Play is restarted with an Indirect Free Kick.

A player cannot verbally distract an opponent during play or at a restart.

If a player who is about to be substituted refuses to leave the field of play, the referee should allow play to continue. The Laws of the Game do not specify that a player must leave immediately when being substituted, so the referee should not stop play for this reason. The player can be dealt with after the game through disciplinary action if necessary, but in the meantime, play should continue without interruption.