USSF Recertification Exam
USSF RECERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE
ALL 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!
A player asks for and receives permission to leave the field to have an ankle taped.
Without permission he comes back onto the field and plays the ball. You stop play
and caution him for entering without permission. The proper restart is - ANSWER-
Indirect Free Kick
An attacker, after out-running the defense, rounds the goalkeeper at the top of the
penalty area and shoots on goal only to see a beach ball, released onto the field
by fans, strike the ball on its way into the goal. The referee awards a goal. This is
the correct procedure. - ANSWER-True
If a player wearing white shorts with a black hem chooses to wear undershorts,
the undershorts can be either white or black even though white is the dominant
color of the shorts. - ANSWER-True
A penalty kick is the only restart that must be kicked forward to be in play. -
ANSWER-True
The whistle to start a free kick is a signal that the defenders can challenge for the
ball. - ANSWER-False
1|Page
, USSF Recertification Exam
A player denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity within that
player's own penalty area by a challenge involving excessive force. The referee
must: - ANSWER-Award a penalty kick and show the player a RC
After a goal is scored and you signal a kickoff restart, the assistant referee informs
you that there was an extra player on the field of play when the goal was scored.
Your restart stands if - ANSWER-the extra player is on the team that was scored
on.
A player holds an opponent within that player's own penalty area and denies the
opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. The referee must: - ANSWER-
Award a penalty kick and show the player a RC
The goalkeeper takes a goal kick but it deflects off your back while you are
standing inside the penalty area. The goalkeeper then kicks the ball, which is still
in the penalty area, across the half way line. You should - ANSWER-stop play,
restart play with a goal kick
During a penalty kick for the Red team, a Blue substitute runs onto the field and
violently tackles an opponent in the Blue team's penalty area after the ball is
kicked and while it is moving towards the goal. You stop play and send him off
with a red card. The restart should be - ANSWER-Penalty Kick
When a player is sent off before the kick off, the number of substitutes available
to this team is decreased: - ANSWER-True
2|Page
, USSF Recertification Exam
You stop play for an injury that occurred inside the penalty area while the
goalkeeper was holding the ball inside the goal area. When you are ready to
resume the game, you should restart with a dropped ball - ANSWER-6 yards from
the goal on the goal area line nearest to where the ball was when you stopped
play
There is contact at mid-field between two opponents. You whistle to stop play for
a foul by Red but signal for a free kick by the Red team. While/after you recognize
your error, the Red team takes a quick restart before you can correct your error,
while the White team complains that you got that wrong. What should you do? -
ANSWER-Stop the play even though Red team has kicked the ball and signal in the
correct direction.
A player scores a goal. In celebration, the player lifts up his shirt but not over his
head while running towards the bench. - ANSWER-the incident by itself does not
require a card
Tape on socks must be the same color as the part of the sock it is applied to. -
ANSWER-True
At a dropped ball, you have the authority to - ANSWER-drop the ball regardless of
which players are there or not there
On a dropped-ball restart, two players from the Red team step up to participate
while only one player from the White team is available. You should instruct one of
the Red team players to move away before the restart. - ANSWER-False
3|Page
USSF RECERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE
ALL 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!
A player asks for and receives permission to leave the field to have an ankle taped.
Without permission he comes back onto the field and plays the ball. You stop play
and caution him for entering without permission. The proper restart is - ANSWER-
Indirect Free Kick
An attacker, after out-running the defense, rounds the goalkeeper at the top of the
penalty area and shoots on goal only to see a beach ball, released onto the field
by fans, strike the ball on its way into the goal. The referee awards a goal. This is
the correct procedure. - ANSWER-True
If a player wearing white shorts with a black hem chooses to wear undershorts,
the undershorts can be either white or black even though white is the dominant
color of the shorts. - ANSWER-True
A penalty kick is the only restart that must be kicked forward to be in play. -
ANSWER-True
The whistle to start a free kick is a signal that the defenders can challenge for the
ball. - ANSWER-False
1|Page
, USSF Recertification Exam
A player denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity within that
player's own penalty area by a challenge involving excessive force. The referee
must: - ANSWER-Award a penalty kick and show the player a RC
After a goal is scored and you signal a kickoff restart, the assistant referee informs
you that there was an extra player on the field of play when the goal was scored.
Your restart stands if - ANSWER-the extra player is on the team that was scored
on.
A player holds an opponent within that player's own penalty area and denies the
opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. The referee must: - ANSWER-
Award a penalty kick and show the player a RC
The goalkeeper takes a goal kick but it deflects off your back while you are
standing inside the penalty area. The goalkeeper then kicks the ball, which is still
in the penalty area, across the half way line. You should - ANSWER-stop play,
restart play with a goal kick
During a penalty kick for the Red team, a Blue substitute runs onto the field and
violently tackles an opponent in the Blue team's penalty area after the ball is
kicked and while it is moving towards the goal. You stop play and send him off
with a red card. The restart should be - ANSWER-Penalty Kick
When a player is sent off before the kick off, the number of substitutes available
to this team is decreased: - ANSWER-True
2|Page
, USSF Recertification Exam
You stop play for an injury that occurred inside the penalty area while the
goalkeeper was holding the ball inside the goal area. When you are ready to
resume the game, you should restart with a dropped ball - ANSWER-6 yards from
the goal on the goal area line nearest to where the ball was when you stopped
play
There is contact at mid-field between two opponents. You whistle to stop play for
a foul by Red but signal for a free kick by the Red team. While/after you recognize
your error, the Red team takes a quick restart before you can correct your error,
while the White team complains that you got that wrong. What should you do? -
ANSWER-Stop the play even though Red team has kicked the ball and signal in the
correct direction.
A player scores a goal. In celebration, the player lifts up his shirt but not over his
head while running towards the bench. - ANSWER-the incident by itself does not
require a card
Tape on socks must be the same color as the part of the sock it is applied to. -
ANSWER-True
At a dropped ball, you have the authority to - ANSWER-drop the ball regardless of
which players are there or not there
On a dropped-ball restart, two players from the Red team step up to participate
while only one player from the White team is available. You should instruct one of
the Red team players to move away before the restart. - ANSWER-False
3|Page
