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my kid is a keeper, and he had a mental lapse this weekend that cost them a goal and I'm trying to figure out the rules so that we can talk about his options if it ever happens again. I'm having trouble finding answers on normal rules websites, so here goes: kid makes a save, runs to the 18 and is about to punt, ball rolls out of his hand and past 18. In sheer terror, he pounces on the ball. Whistle and DFK and goal. Originally I was thinking he could have corralled the rolling ball and kicked it back inside the box, and picked it up and re-punted, but now I think that's wrong. Once that ball left his hands and rolled out of the box, he can no longer touch it with his hands unless another player touches it first and he somehow regains possession? What he should have done is just took the touch, possibly dribbled a bit, and sent the ball?