That was bonkers... Leaf blowers used to expose the snow covered lines... Never understood scheduling of games that could occur during a blizzard. Even in Ohio where it's 70 and sunny then ice age one day later I don't mind starting March in a location where most children have never seen snow and making up home games in the middle.
Since MLS Cup goes to the top ranked finalist in December, we'll see it some day. I've been to a football game in November after an 18 in. snowfall. Twas interesting.
I'll bet. Never seen that much snow at a game but went to a Bengals game where it was -5 in Columbus. Get down there with the wind blowing off the river it was absolutely frigid; sitting there with 50 layers of clothes and blankets and nothing but stadium food for heat.
That wasn't the coldest I'd ever been, tho--15 for a high with a stiff wind vs Notre Dame one year. I'm still not sure if my toes have thawed out yet. And I recall some of my college classmates mentioning playing at a Steeler game while in HS, where it was so cold their valves froze.
agreed. I realize it might not be "fair" for the southern teams to have the opening games at home every year, but it certainly seems like it would make sense to seasonally weight games so southern teams have more spring/fall games and northern teams have more midsummer games.
I should clarify, that weighting games in that manner doesn't mean that all March/April games are in the South and all July/August games are in the North. It doesn't behoove a team to have 0 games for 2 months. But perhaps Columbus has 2-3 home games in March/April and 6-7 away games. It shouldn't be 3 and 3 in the first 6 weeks.
I've rarely seen indirect calls made. I have seen it in youth soccer. However I can't remember how the rule works other than the second player to touch the ball can go to goal but not the first. Since I didn't grow up in soccer family and only started getting into later in life it's hard to remember the rules to things that are not common every gm. Can you clarify further on indirect kick rules or is what you mention all there is too it?
You pretty much have it. The first player to touch the ball can't score without someone else, including an opponent, touching the ball.
Happy to. Indirect free kicks (IFK) occur all the time, however, they almost never involve the attacking team taking an IFK in the opposition's penalty area. Indirect kick means that the attacker cannot score directly from the free kick, ie., the ball must come into contact with a second player (of either team) before a goal can be scored. If a player taking an indirect kick kicks the ball into the goal without the ball coming into contact with another player first a goal kick is awarded to the defending team. Offside is the most frequent IFK offense. Others include dangerous play, the same player touching the ball twice in a row on a free kick, violation of the handling after intentional backpass and six second rule for goalkeepers, and obstruction (impeding progress).
FWIW - There was an indirect free kick in Canada's penalty area in possibly the greatest women's soccer match ever played. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footb...semi-final_controversial_refereeing_decisions at minute 76 (1:32:00 on YouTube):
The case (IFK for attaking team in the box) I ran into most often during my playing days was due to the backpass rule. Obstruction once in a great while. The other case not mentioned is dangerous play where contact is not made--like a high kick near someone's face. That's pretty rare, though, but in the book. I do recall an old Atoms game where the team lost a goal when the ref deemed a bicycle kick to be "dangerous". And one rec game where a diving header was adjudged to be "dangerous". To the player making the play.... But that's rec league ball for you.
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It would be nice to avoid bad weather: We can't have home games during the ROTR window, including the days before. We also can't have games during the state fair or horse show. I'm sure they also like to avoid OSU home dates, especially night games. Put those all together and it's probably around two months. Seattle and NE have to work around NFL dates. Minnesota is currently playing at a college football stadium. And then there's FIFA dates.
No, not that I'm aware of. You can be cautioned for delaying the restart of the game, but once the ball is in touch the game has to restart with a throw in unless the half ends.
If you throw the ball directly in your own goal untouched it's not a own goal but your opponent will be rewarded with a corner keep kick I'm searching for throw in rule. May just be at the refs discretion
Can't find it but found this E. Longest throw-in ever The longer throw-in in football was done in January 2010 by a PE teacher in West Yorkshire, England. Danny Brooks set the record by throwing the ball for a total distance of 49.78 meters, which is nearly half the length of a soccer pitch.
I used to blow a whistle. There is no set time on a throw-in that makes it a violation for taking too long. There never was. If the ref decides you're delaying the game, the card comes out. That's it.
I used to have a teammate many, many years ago who could throw a ball into the box with corner-kick velocity. No flip throw either--he was just tall). The problem was that I couldn't get him to do it every time...