Goal Kick Procedure

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It wasn't A or B, could have been either C or D (or both). It was near the end of the game with the kicking team being ahead by 2. I was the AR in front of the coach who was down by 2 and he wanted something called. The C didn't call anything. We talked about it after the game and none of us were sure if it was legal or not.

My inclination would, if I were the C, to just add time if it amounted to anything. Stopping the game for a warning would take even more time (in which case, I'd probably add some for that too).

I do that when the team that is ahead near the end of the game has to chase the ball to get it for a kick but doesn't exactly hustle to get it back in play.

It also makes a difference if it is a NFHS game -- in which you CAN stop the clock at your discretion -- to have a discussion with the keeper about the delay. In USSF, you CAN'T stop the clock, BUT you CAN add time on at the end.

If doing a tournament with the "no added time" provision, you are better off "verbally or visually" communicating to the player to get the game moving. Even in tournaments in which "no added time" is the rule, the tournaments do NOT want a team taking advantage of that provision. A STERN warning to the coach (accompanied with a threat to send the coach off if the team continues the behavior) has always worked for me.