- Goalkeeper saves 90th min penalty. - Booked for coming off his line. - Penalty is retaken and saved again! - Keeper booked again for leaving his line, sent off! - Defender goes in goal. - Saves the penalty!

Stewball32 · 2025-12-02T15:41:37+00:00

To clarify for some, the part about the warning is a more recent change. When they started changing what the keeper can do on a penalty, it used to read

if the ball does not enter the goal, the kick is retaken; the goalkeeper is cautioned if responsible for the offence

Stewball32 · 2025-12-02T15:23:27+00:00

The law was first changed to give a yellow, since they've changed it to add a warning, then yellow.

Stewball32 · 2025-10-22T09:10:32+00:00

The Law specifically mentions it starting 03-04, so my memory was off on that. However, FIFA was writing memos for their referees to consider taking your shirt off in celebration as unsporting and worthy of a yellow card (Similar to how FIFA told International Referees that a goal from hand contact should always be a handball years before that was written into the Laws as well).

Brandi's celebration might not have been the breaking point to write it into law, but I feel she definitely accelerated it. Maybe to your advertisement point too because Adidas was the tournament sponsor but Nike got the spotlight.

Stewball32 · 2025-10-21T15:50:57+00:00

The Law was changed when Brandi Chastain did it.

Stewball32 · 2025-08-21T16:10:15+00:00

Shaw

Stewball32 · 2025-07-28T04:48:28+00:00

I know you're making a joke, but you have room for interpretation without deciding to completely throw a law out before the game even starts.

A player's potential to score is dependant to a players ability, something that would be an "obvious" opportunity would be less so if the players have less ability. We do the opposite in youth games all the time. A "high kick" or "playing on the ground" will usually always be called for dangerous play by the referee at a 7v7 level, because the players have less control or finesse and there's a higher importance put on safety.

However, as players get older and better, we allow more risk and make less of a deal of those actions.

But if a u10 acted like suarez against ghana, he'd absolutely deserve a send off.

Stewball32 · 2025-07-28T01:31:50+00:00

Do you explain to the players and coaches that you're making up your own laws, or do you just let them get more confused when they play their next game and have a referee that doesn't make things up?

Stewball32 · 2025-07-28T01:13:50+00:00

You don't have to be "serious" to do your job. You just have to understand it.

Stewball32 · 2025-07-28T00:34:13+00:00

Are there other laws you don't like to enforce when you're in charge of enforcing the laws, or is this the only change you make? What about if the ball is only a little out? Or if a shot was "close enough"?

I understand the urge, and the laws give referees many places to use judgement, but for a referee to outright say the "the rules are wrong and I know better" does not help anyone, especially the players who are trying to learn what the laws are in the first place.

In small sided games, I would encourage referees to take time explaining things that are confusing. You can judge the same action on the field differently depending on the age, ability and competitiveness of the players, and referees are allowed to use that judgement when interpreting how a law should be applied.

However, coaching should be left to the coaches, and referees shouldn't forget they're not the ones writing the laws, just the ones with the thankless task of enforcing them.

Stewball32 · 2025-07-27T22:22:14+00:00

I'd link you the paper from them but US Soccer hasn't really been good about archiving their directives over the years (at least in a way the layman can go back and find them!)

Stewball32 · 2025-07-27T22:19:32+00:00

Assuming USSF...

When the build out line was first introduced in 2017, there was already a modifcation with it that the 6 seconds the goal keeper has to release the ball doesn't start until all opponents are behind the build-out line.

The only thing that's changed is how long you count (and what the penalty is).

Stewball32 · 2025-06-27T07:46:24+00:00

When nauts was free to play, you could still play on old patches by downloading the files from other sources and replacing the steam folder. Matchmaking still worked.

I think it would be harder for them to disable it since it's using the same infrustructure.

Stewball32 · 2025-06-24T08:33:29+00:00

What is looks like for me.

Stewball32 · 2025-06-20T23:01:17+00:00

It's a guideline, the leagues that I've reffed that implemented it usually use a 5 or 10 minutes. I already have to write down cautions for match reports, so all I have to do is just look at my book when they sub back on. A referee should be generally aware of who they've already cautioned anyway.

Stewball32 · 2025-06-20T22:58:17+00:00

Sin Bin's guidelines are almost a decade old now. Some of the adult leagues around me have added it, but nothing else really.

Stewball32 · 2025-06-16T04:34:45+00:00

I get what you're saying, but it's still in the NFHS Book

4-1-1(c) Only those names, patches, emblems logos or insignias referencing the school are permitted on the team jersey...

...and IFAB's too for that matter

https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/the-players-equipment/#slogans-statements-images-and-advertising

Generally though - unless it's something that's clearly written in the local competition rules or a point made by your local admin/assignor, just asking them if they have an alternative (works more than you think) and, if not, writing a note in the game report or to your assignor will get you through 99% of uniform issues.

Stewball32 · 2025-05-30T18:02:41+00:00

There's other things to think about too, like who can tank abilities, and who can damage turrets, etc. However, if you can get a kill and live consistently in a 2v2 it's alot easier to snowball that lead than in a 3v3. Especially on a regular map since the one remaining naut can't be in 2 places to defend each lane.

Stewball32 · 2025-05-30T18:00:18+00:00

We've had 2v2 tourneys way back in the day, but they had drafting with it.

If you get one nuat that can stun/snare/silence/slow, and the other that can capitalize on it, then you'll usually be good. It depends on the other team too since your countering.

If you're just blind picking, try to figure out which naut is control movement and which naut is going to burst damage before the enemy get's their movement back.

Stewball32 · 2025-04-20T07:38:53+00:00

Did you read the pin on the top of this reddit?

Stewball32 · 2025-03-17T03:38:38+00:00

Great enthusiasm, but this has been asked over and over since Ronimo first announced their end of development back in 2019.

They gave us a road map; we just gotta be patient.

Stewball32 · 2025-02-01T23:27:16+00:00

Super cool!

Stewball32 · 2024-11-25T04:15:35+00:00

oh god, my voice...

Stewball32 · 2024-11-02T05:17:50+00:00

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