VISOA Soccer Test

1. The field of play does not have an 11 yard hash mark along the goal line. The referee should:

• Begin the game with no hash mark and report it to the governing sports authority

• a. Not allow the game to begin until the hash mark is in place and the field is properly marked

1. The number of identical balls required to start the match is:

• 1

• 3

• 5

The team roster must be presented to the referee:

• Any time prior to the match

• 5 minutes prior to the match

• 15 minutes prior to the match

• 30 minutes prior to the match

The team roster presented to the referee must indicate the starters

• True

• False

In the last 5 minutes of the second regulation period the team leading 1-0 decides to substitute, that substitute becomes a player when:

• When the referee stops the clock for the substitution

• When she is beckoned onto the field by the referee

• When she enters the field of play

The starting goalkeeper is substituted at the 30^th minute. At the 40^th minute she reports to the scorer’s table to reenter the game as a goalkeeper. The referee should:

• Allow the goalkeeper to reenter in the first half

• Not allow the goalkeeper to reenter in the first half

In the first half, a defender (A2) attempts a legal slide tackle and as a result is bleeding from his hip. The referee correctly requires him to leave the field and he is replaced by substitute (A12). After being attended to by the trainer and no longer bleeding, A2 reports to the scorer’s table to replace A3. The referee should:

• Allow A2 to replace A3

• Only allow A2 to reenter if he replaces A12

• Not allow A2 to reenter

A12 reports to the scorer’s table to substitute for A2 in the first overtime period. Team A is awarded a corner kick. The referee beckons A12 onto the field, but the coach decides he wants A2 to remain in the game for the corner kick and tells A12 not to enter. The referee should:

• Require A12 to enter for A2

• Allow A2 to remain in the game and allow A12 to enter at the next substitution opportunity

• Allow A2 to remain in the game and NOT allow A12 to enter during the remainder of the first overtime period

Team A wins the coin toss at the beginning of the game. Team A:

• Must choose a goal to attack

• Must kick off to start the game

• May choose either to kick off or which goal to defend

Player A1 takes a throw-in and it does not enter the field of play. The referee shall:

• Award the throw-in to Team B

• Require A1 to retake the throw-in

• Allow any player on Team A to retake the throw-in