[ayso45-refs] When to stop play when time expires?

[Beau James]

There's one other situation where time expires but the referee must 
allow play to continue: when time expires after the referee has awarded 
a penalty kick. The penalty kick /must /be completed. This is not an 
issue of referee judgment or discretion, but is explicit in the Laws of 
the Game:

    *LAW 14 -- THE PENALTY KICK*
    ...
    /*-Additional time is allowed for a penalty kick to be taken at the
    end of *//*each half or at the end of periods of extra time.*/

and also in the USSF Advice to Referees:

    *14.8 PENALTY KICKS AT THE END OF THE HALF*
    /*Penalty kicks, once awarded, are taken regardless of the amount of
    time remaining in the half.*/ If time expires or will expire before
    the restart can occur, the referee should announce this fact and
    indicate clearly that the penalty kick is now being taken "in
    extended time." No player other than the goalkeeper can participate
    in play after the penalty kick is taken. In case of an "extended
    time" penalty kick, the goalkeeper may be replaced, if necessary, by
    a substitute if the maximum number of substitutions has not been
    exceeded, or by an eligible player on the field. All players must
    remain on the field until the penalty kick has been completed. The
    referee has no authority to make the players leave the field or the
    vicinity of the penalty area for the taking of a penalty kick in
    extended time.

There are no penalty kicks in U7 or U8. Penalty kicks are awarded 
starting with U10.

Beau

Beau James wrote:
>> One final question that came up at a U10G game this afternoon.
>>
>> When my clock indicated halftime, I blew the whistle and stopped play. At
>> that moment, one team was controlling the ball near the net and might have
>> been able to score. During halftime, the coach indicated he believed I
>> should have exercised my discretion to allow play to continue until a
>> natural stopping point occurred, rather than signaling halftime as indicated
>> by the clock.
>>
>> My recollection is that refs should exercise discretion at the quarter
>> breaks and interrupt play at a natural break in play. However, I think I
>> recall hearing that adjusting the hard stops duration so that one team can
>> have an opportunity to shoot on the goal is unfair and shouldn't be done. 
>>   
>
> Exactly!
>
>> Should I have delayed blowing the halftime whistle by 15 or 30 seconds to
>> allow the attacking team to shoot on goal?
>>
>> Thx,
>> Daniel
>
> Definitely not!  For every coach/player/parent who feels it is unfair 
> for the clock to expire during his team's attack, imagine the reaction 
> of the opposing coach/players/parent when they discover that the 
> referee is favoring one team by adding time for an attack to succeed!
>
> Each half ends when time expires.  Each team had equal opportunity to 
> play during the half.
>
> The "stop a a natural break in play" guidance applies only to the AYSO 
> substitution opportunities "approximately midway through the first 
> half" and "approximately midway through the second half". Substitution 
> breaks are an AYSOism, and we suggest looking for a natural break in 
> play so that this AYSOism disrupts the flow of the game as little as 
> possible.
>
> Someone will ask, "but what about stoppage time?" 
>
> The referee decides to add stoppage time /at the time of the incident 
> causing lost playing time/ (a long injury pause, excessive 
> time-wasting tactics by one team, etc.).  The referee does not add 
> stoppage time because an attack is in progress! When the 
> previously-decided amount of stoppage time has been played, then the 
> half ends.  Regardless of what is happening on the field.
>
> Beau

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