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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And I'm having trouble figuring how a goalie would get a handball call. But clearly you don't know much about soccer or you wouldn't be arguing what you are arguing. [/quote]

[b]clearly you haven't watched enough kiddie soccer; or your league doesn't enforce it in U10 yet[/b].[/quote]
NP here.  A goalie can be called for handling the ball if he is outside the box; however, in that case there will not be a penalty kick awarded to the other team  Instead, the attacking team will be awarded a direct free kick at the place (outside the box) where the handling occurred.  A goalkeeper cannot be called for handling the ball within his own penalty area, so PP's example of "a penalty goal on a handball call on him" could not ever happen if the rules are properly applied.

OP, I love the advice you got from the PP who recommended that if all else fails you should watch soccer bloopers with your son.  This is a great practice for any child who is playing sports and has perfectionistic tendencies.  Or for anyone who likes a good laugh.

I hope that your team doesn't have your son slotted as a full-time keeper at this point?  He's too young for this, and it will hurt his development in the long run.  It's good for little kids to rotate through that position, in part so they can all understand how hard it is to defend that great big goal at the younger ages.  My kids teams always had a rule up until U12 or so:  It's [u]never[/u] the keepers fault.  Anyone who breathed a word to the contrary would hear about it from the coaches.

One other piece of advice:  Don't talk to the other parents about anything their kid may have said.  All kids can be knuckleheads at this age, especially when their emotions are running strong after a loss.  Let the coaches handle it.[/quote]

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