Kat, Thanks for your info! All: I got what I needed from this thread: Before a kick-off at the start of the match or extra time: 1st half of game Coin Toss Loser: Kicks-off. Coin Toss Winner: Decides which goal to attack. 2nd half of game Coin Toss Loser: Attacks opposite goal from 1st half. Coin Toss Winner: Kicks-off. Attacks opposite goal from 1st half. I’m out and not following. And MarinFCsoccer, I apologize if this thread subject did not meet with your approval. Maybe next time I’ll need help with something which is more “forum-worthy” in your eyes. Regards, Leaning
@leaning , the reason for skepticism is that it is shockingly difficult to fathom that any trained referee, let alone 50%, don't understand the fundamental idea of what it means to kick-off. (Which is why most of us believed it was an April Fool post.) While it is not uncommon for a newish referee to be confused and let the team that won the coinflip choose to take the kickoff, I have never seen (nor until this thread heard of) a referee letting the same team pick directions and take the kickoff. I am guessing that you are dealing with a recreational league with very young players and untrained refs -- who may expect a kickoff to be kicked to the other team. This will be the very least of your concerns with respect to the application of the Laws of the Game . . . .
Except possibly "which end to you want to attack" instead of "which end you want to defend". Exact same result but one is correct in the LOTG the other is not .