| RULES CLARIFICATION - REF'S ADVICES:
Part 1 Every day
players, fans, referees and coaches have questions about
rules, sometime there are confusions about indoor and
outdoor rules, but this is not a new subject.
On Friday Aug 03, 2001, Herb Silva (MISL Director of
Officials, who’s also a USSF National Emeritus
Referee, National Assessor and National Instructor in the
U.S. Soccer National Program for Referee Development, has
worked games in leagues like the NASL, the original MISL,
the MSL, the CISL, the WISL, as well as collegiate and
high school games) made a report about regular MISL
season controversial incidents. I extracted from this
article many situation that are related with our everyday
indoor soccer games.
GOALKEEPING RESTRICTIONS: The following
infractions shall cause the Referee to stop play and
award a free kick to the opposing team at the Free Kick
Mark:
Ball Played to Goalkeeper’s Hands From Teammate: A
goalkeeper is not permitted to play the ball with his
hands in the event that the ball has been deliberately
kicked to him by a teammate.
Defensive players kicking the ball off the wall to GK
hands should be a simple FK at the top of the arc. The
restriction is on the GK. If, however, in the opinion of
the referee, a player uses a deliberate trick while the
ball is in play in order to circumvent this Rule, the
player shall be cautioned for Misconduct, shown the
yellow card and a kick is awarded to the opposing team
from the place where the infringement occurred or at the
Top of the Penalty Arc if the infraction occurred from
within the Penalty Area.
GOALKEEPER PRIVILEGES:
(a) Obstructing Goalkeeper: If a player intentionally
obstructs the opposing goalkeeper in an attempt to
prevent him from putting the ball into play, the Referee
shall award a free kick.
(b) Charging Goalkeeper: In cases of body contact in the
Penalty Area between an attacking player and the opposing
goalkeeper not in possession of the ball, the Referee
shall stop the game if, in his opinion, the action of the
attacking player was intentional, and award a free kick.
(c) Endangering the Goalkeeper: A player who
intentionally commits a foul against the goalkeeper which
in the opinion of the Referee, falls short of serious
foul play (ejection) but nevertheless endangers the
goalkeeper beyond what is considered to be the normal
hazard of play shall be assessed a two (2) minute Power
Play Time Penalty.
GK SUBSTITUTION:
Any teammate may change place with the goalkeeper at any
time as per regular substitution procedures, provided
that the goalkeeper wears a jersey that distinguishes him
from the other players and the Referees. The only
exception to this rule, is when a team substitutes its
goalkeeper while in possession of the ball during a
delayed time penalty situation, in which case, the player
replacing the goalkeeper does not need to wear a jersey
which distinguishes him from the other players and the
Referees during the delayed penalty situation.
GK HAND BALLS:
Position yourself to view incidents where GK extends his
hands outside of penalty area to handle the ball in play.
Trail referee should anticipate and position accordingly
to have best view of the play. Trail referee should be
empowered to get the call correct. Consider cross check
with AR for information via a covert signal for such an
infraction. Brief this situation in pre-game conference.
If initial handling takes place inside the area and his
momentum carries him outside of the area, a simple free
kick would be the restart. Use a visible signal to
indicate that initial contact was inside the penalty area.
Focus on the position of the hands and ball relative to
the vertical plane of penalty area lines. A number of GKs
push the limits when distributing the ball at the top of
the arc. Anticipate and be in position to provide a quiet
word of advice or punish when appropriate. Referee
positioning is critical. It is not possible if the lead
referee in the corner on the side of arc that GK grabbed
ball and the trail ref is the on opposite side of field
with players between.
BALL IN and OUT of PLAY:
The ball is out of play when it leaves the field, across
the touchline or goal line, or when the referee stops
play. -USSF Advice to Referees (9.1) explains that the
referee has stopped play at the moment the decision is
made, not when it is announced by some signal (e.g., a
whistle).
KICK IN:
It is not necessary to wait on players leaving the field
before signaling to put the ball in play. If a team has
too many players on the field when the ball is placed in
play, consider substitution violation with a 2-minute
blue if payers are involved in play.
RESTART REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS:
(a) During the taking of a free kick, all of the opposing
players shall be at least fifteen feet (15') from the
ball until it is in play.
The rights and privileges at the taking of the free kick
belong to the attacking team in possession of the restart.
In too many instances officials are giving the advantage
to the defensive team. The team guilty of the foul or
infraction is being rewarded by not properly
administering the required distance.
It is the obligation of the defensive players not to
interfere with the kicker or the ball within the required
(15’) distance. If a defensive player steps into the
line of play to delay the kick, consider the encroachment
a team warning. Do this at both ends of the field of play.
Get the “free kick” back into the MISL restarts.
FREE KICK RESTART:
(m) Encroachment: (2) if a defending player within
fifteen feet (15') intentionally interferes with the
taking of a free kick, he shall be considered guilty of
encroachment. For the first violation, the Referee shall
issue a team warning for encroachment to the offending
team. For any subsequent violation after being warned for
encroachment, this shall be considered a Misconduct-Technical
Infraction resulting in five (5) minute penalty assessed
against the offending player
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