USSF RECERTIFICATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

After Red #5 committed a cautionable offense before the game began, 20 minutes into the match, she recklessly charges an opponent. - Answer- caution (show a yellow card) The ball is in play on a throw-in when the ball lands directly on the touchline. - Answer- True You have awarded a direct free kick. Before the kick can be taken, time (including any allowance for time lost) runs out for the first half. You should - Answer- ignore any complaints by the kicking team and end the half. If an indirect free kick is closer than ten yards from the opposing team's goal, opposing players can stand on the goal line between the goal posts even though it is less than 10 yards from the ball. - Answer- True The Red #9 misplays the ball across a touch line. Before you blow the whistle for a throw-in Red #2 curses at his teammate for losing control of the ball. You blow the whistle and issue a yellow card to Red #2. The correct restart is - Answer- Throw In A substitute, substituted player, or sent-off player who enters the field of play without the required referee's permission and interferes with play or an opponent and denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity cannot be sent off, because they are not a player - Answer- False Only at the start of 'Kicks from the Mark' must a team with more eligible kickers than the other, reduce its number to equalize with those on the other team. - Answer- False The ball is in play on a kick-off when the ball is kicked and clearly moves backward. - Answer- True After you drop the ball for a restart after an injury, the ball leaves the field without being touched by any player. The correct action is to award a throw in for the defense. - Answer- False The identified kicker of a penalty kick illegally feints during the actual taking of the kick but, when kicked, the ball enters the goal. The referee must disallow the goal and: - Answer- Award an indirect free kick from the penalty mark to the defending team and show the kicker a YC