Am I missing something?

[CharlieMills]

I was watching the Superliga match between Houston and DC, and around the 80th (not exact) minute Houston was attacking. There was a low cross into the box by Houston and a DC player (Jaime Moreno?) kicked it back to the keeper. The keeper then picked up the ball with his hands. I'm not to keen on rules from league to league, but I was under the impression that the only time your keeper can handle the ball is if you head the ball to him or an opposition player plays the ball. I thought that if you kicked the ball back to your keeper he was not allowed to handle the ball. I'm some what of a newb, so I might be missing something (hence the title of the thread), but could someone enlighten me?

[Tarheel Ref]

Was it a deliberate pass back to the keeper or some sort of mis-kick that ended up at the keeper's position? For the IFK to be given the pass-back must be deliberate ITOOTR otherwise no problem.

[AspireNatlRef]

On the play you are talking about it looked as though their was a shot by Houston that incidentally hit a DC player. It didn't appear to me, (in my judgement) as thought the DC player was "passing the ball" to the keeper, therefore was ok for him to handle. I am sure that this judgement can be questioned, but I think that was the idea in the non-call.

FWIW

ANR

[chrisrun]

I was under the impression that the only time your keeper can handle the ball is if you head the ball to him or an opposition player plays the ball.
Actually, as long as it wasn't kicked with the foot it is OK. So a head, knee, chest, etc. back to the keeper is OK. And as mentioned, a non deliberate kick that goes back to the keeper is OK as well.

[CharlieMills]

Ah thanks for the replies. It definately was not a deliberate pass.