Recently the Ontario Soccer Association held its first RUG and PUG (Regional and Provincial upgrade groups) weekend at various locations around the province. At one of the sessions, an interesting question was posed to the group about what might happen when a goalkeeper handles the ball illegally to deny a goal.
Like many of the other decisions under the Laws of the Game, it is both complicated and incredibly simple, and to understand the reasoning behind the answer to the question, a brief history of the misconduct of denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity must be looked at.
