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Rules of Scoring a Soccer Game

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Linda Tarr Kent

Rules for soccer scoring seem simple -- when the ball crosses the goal line, a point is scored. In some situation, though, getting the ball into the goal does not count as a point. The referee is responsible for making the call as to whether a goal is scored, and he records the goals in a notebook.