On Jul 3, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Jerry Wolper wrote:
How long can a keeper hold onto the ball before he has to get rid of it? If his team is up one goal in stoppage time, there's nothing (legal) the other team can do to dislodge the ball.
Six seconds. After that, he can be cautioned (yellow card) for delaying the game. There have been several such cautions in the WC so far.
The other thing that a referee can do is add time. Added time is for substitutions, injuries, and any other delays. At the level I work, many fields have bushes on at least one side, and there are delays when the ball gets kicked in and has to be located and retrieved. Unless the game is a blowout, I usually add time for things like that. If I see a team that is up by a goal walking slowly to get the ball after it leaves the field in an obvious effort to waste time, I will add that time back in, and let them know that I'm doing it in an effort to keep the game moving.
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