Question Number: 23742

Law 11 - Offside 8/6/2010

RE: Under 19

Steven of Sydney, Nsw Australia asks...

When offside restarted after
a controled pass ???

Answer provided by Referee Gary Voshol

I'm not sure I understand your question, Steven.

The restart for offside is an indirect kick at the location the player was when the ball was last touched by a teammate. This may be a very different place from where the player was when the infraction was called, when he became involved in play.

Or maybe you're asking about this. If an a Blue player controls the ball, then offside ends for the Red team and begins for the Blue. But if a Blue player just deflects the ball, offside would still apply for Red - and would also apply for Blue from that time forward.

Answer provided by Referee Joe McHugh

Hi Steven
When a team has control of the ball only that team can be considered for offside. The moment 'control' of the ball passes to the other side offside consideration changes to that team in control of the ball. Rebounds, miskicks & deflections are not control of the ball and therefore do not reset offside. They can however be considered the touch that plays the ball to a team mate in an offside position and that is offside as the 'pass' to a team mate does not have to be controlled.

Answer provided by Referee MrRef

It depends entirely upon the circumstances, and there is not enough information in the question for me to guess at an answer. We would love some more information so that perhaps we could be of some help.