Date:         Tue, 23 May 2006 01:24:31 -0400
Reply-To:     Discussion of Topics for Soccer Referees
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From:         Jonathan Gingerich <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: For those who haven't seen the big play...

It helps to understand that the "4 D"s are simply an attempt to capture
in words the slides that orginally accompanied the FIFA presentation of
the new rule.  Moving on goal is part of the law, but it is also
diagrammed with an attacker out in front of the goal, as opposed to
another slide with the attacker down on the goal line.

If an attacker is "taken out" on the goal line, he is either awarded
a PK, or unhindered free kick which are at least comparable to the cross
he might have been about to launch.  The defenders may have made a
horrendous play, but it is unlikely to have been calculated, cynical foul.

Jon.