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Why do the players have to wear these shirts?

Okay, I noticed during the dogpile on Landon D that some of the players that weren't in the game were wearing yellow/purple shirts that said FIFA on the back. Why do they have to wear these?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    To keep the referee from confusing them with players on the field. One of the laws is that a team can only have 10 players and 1 goalkeeper at a time at the most, so if the people on the sidelines were running around in the same colors as the players on the field, the ref may think there are too many players. This goes for coaches as well.

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