You are now in the referee shoes.  What would you do in these 3 situations?  Give it your best shot!  We all make mistakes as refs, players, coaches and parents :)

Leave your answers in the comment area and explanin if you can.

1. You give permission for an indirect free-kick to be taken quickly.  The keeper, furious with your original decision, is still walking back towards his goal after protesting-so the kick -taker deliberately aims the ball towards him.  It clips the keeper’s shoulder and goes in.  Is it a gaol?  

2. The home team’s keeper goes off injured - and with no subs left, they put a tall striker in goal.  They then win a corner and notify you they are changing their keeper again, so the tall striker can go up field.  The  corner comes to nothing, and they swap back.  They then win another corner, and ask to swap again.  The away team are furious. What do u do?  

3. A forward races in on goal past the last defender,who tries to drag him down with a football tackle.  The forward wriggles clear and smashes the ball into the the net- but as he does so he swings an elbow, hitting the defender in the face.  Is it a penalty, a gaol or a free-kick to the defending side?  Who gets sent off?

1. The referee awards a throw-in to Team Cheyne, Team Cheyen throws the ball to her goal keeper Abi, Abi slips and fall. The ball rolls into the goal without touching Abi or anyone else. Team Solane is jumping and celebrating the goal. What does the referee do?

• Make the player retake the throw-in.
• Allow the goal.
• Give a goal kick
• Give the other team the throw-in.

2.   A player takes a penalty kick and hit the crossbar, it rebounds to this player without touching anyone else. This
player kick it a second time and score. How does the referee restarts play?

• A kick off from the center
  
• Ask the player to retake the kick.
  
• Give an indirect kick to the defense
• Give a free kick on top of the box to the offense team.

3.    What is the hand signal for an indirect free kick?

• There are no hand signal.
• The referee raise his hand in the air until the kick is taken and has touched another player
• The referee points his hand in the direction that the kick is to be taken.
• The referee jumps up and down shouting go ahead.

4.    A player can ask for timeout during a soccer game and the referee must stop the game.

• True
• False

5.   When someone takes a goal kick, the ball only has to go outside the six yard box.

• True
• False

Cheyne  left the correct answers in the comment area. Good job Cheyne.

Five questions that all soccer players must know.

1. How often is the Men’s World Cup played?
2. What country will host the 2010 Men’s World Cup?
3. What does FIFA stands for?
4. When is the next Women’s World Cup and what country will host it?
5. Which Country has won the most World Cup and how many (Men’s)?

 Riddle Question

What starts with T, ends with T and has T in it? (best when said out loud).

Please leave your answers in the comment area.

Answers

1. Every 4 years
2. South Africa
3. Federation International Football Association.
4. Germany will host the 2011 women’s World Cup.
5. Brazil has won the most World Cup, 5 times.

Riddle answer: Teapot

Good try Alex, you missed one.