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[quote=Anonymous][quote=FPYCparent]Here's the play (just one minute of video):

https://youtu.be/XZCp2-7Cn9E?t=920

The McLean keeper made a save, walked up to the edge of the penalty area, stutter-stepped over the line as she punted.  FPYC was awarded an indirect kick just inside the penalty arc.  From the video, it doesn't appear that the ref spoke to any McLean player during the set up of the resulting kick (aside from informing the keeper why he made the call).  Based on what I see, I'm not sure that there was any advantage gained due to the ref's actions after he made the initial call.[/quote]

Oh dear.

First of all, a handball outside the box is a direct free kick.  It doesn't matter if it is committed by the GK or a field player.  It is only an indirect kick if it is a handball by the GK inside the box (on a passback).

After the goal went in, the ref seemed to be explaining to the Mclean player that the 10 yards extends in all directions from where the kick is taken - not just directly in front (where the wall is).  So you can't position yourself inside the 10 yds, but off to the side, and then run in and try and block the kick, which is what the player was trying to do.  Again, if the ref had made the right call to begin with (direct kick) this really wouldn't have been an issue.

Anyway, if the ref had a problem with where the McLean player had positioned herself, he should have stopped play immediately, made sure the player was outside the 10 yds, and then allowed the kick to be taken on his whistle.  Once he allows the kick to be taken though, it's too late.   Instead, it looked like he said something that caused her to stop and hesitate - after the ball had already been put in play by the 1st FPYC player - which allowed the goal scorer to take the shot (nice shot by the way).   So he kind of made up his own rule:  You can't be inside a 10 yd radius of the ball before the kick is taken, but if you are then you have can't move until the ref tells you it's OK.

[Aside:  Normally, the ref has no obligation to re-position the defending players outside the 10 yds anyway, unless and until the attacking team has asked for its space, but under these circumstances it probably would have been OK given that the player had taken up sort of an unorthodox position.]

So yeah, the ref screwed this all up.  Typical U12 soccer.  GK makes a silly mistake.  Ref has no clue how to do his job. Defending players not too clear on the rules.  And some crazy parent picks that moment to make an issue out of it.  Did the parent know that it should have been a direct kick anyway?  Probably not.  Did he know his daughter was in the wrong as well for re-positioning herself well inside the 10 yds just before the kick was taken?  Probably not.  Did he appreciate that - even if the ref screwed up by telling her to stop after the ball was in play - he did take the time to explain the rule to her after the play, so at least she learned something from it?  Probably not.

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