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Law 11 - Offside 2/3/2012

Tien of walnut creek, ca usa asks...

Add after ball hits off post/bar, deflects off of an offside player(doesn't play) back to onside player who shoots/heads ball into goal. Goal or not? thanks(deflections happen)......

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Law 11 - Offside 2/1/2012

tien of walnut creek, ca us asks...

A1 onside, heads ball over defending keeper coming out. Not sure if keeper glazed ball. Ball hits crossbar back to A1 who is closest to goal & all players, & heads it in. A1 Offside ?...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/30/2012

Soccer T of Barnegat, NJ USA asks...

An attacking player is in an offside position and a defender recieves the ball and decides to pass it back to his goalie. The attacker then intercepts the ball and scores. Does it count?...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/29/2012

Larry of Danville, CA USA asks...

Please forgive me if I'm beating a dead horse, and the length of this question, but I am still confused by the panel's responses concerning when offside involvement begins. To Referee Wickham; I think there is a difference between the panel's respons...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/26/2012

John of Pensacola, FL USA asks...

Had a play in a recent High School playoff game where I don't understand the lack of an offside call made by the referee. The opposing team had a striker about a yard behind three of our defensive players (in an offside position). One of the player...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/25/2012

charels of gardengrove, calif usa asks...

Attacker-1 is dribbling ball towards goal,
Defender-1 tackles and ball rolls to Attacker-2,who was offside postion.Is this Onside because it was last touched by defender?

Is it onside if was deflected or tackled as long as touched by de...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/23/2012

Larry of Danville, CA USA asks...

I asked a similar question to Jim Allen on askasoccerreferee.com (January 12, 2012 - 'When does involvement begin?')and he was very clear that the flag goes up as soon as the defense gives chase to the OSP. What gives?...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/23/2012

Bruce of Baltimore, MD USA asks...


There were recently several video clips on youtube of professional games with the following situations:

1. The goalkeeper had possession of the ball in his hands after a shot, then dropped the ball on the ground to kick it, but an attac...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/18/2012

Bill of Boston, MA USA asks...

Assume an attacking player is midfield and clearly in an offside potition. His teammate sends the ball into the corner on his side. He starts running toward the ball and doesn't interfer with defenders because he is ahead of them. When should the off...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/14/2012

Barron Peterson of Volcano, California Usa asks...

U19 game played on a 70 yard field. Players can kick 40 plus yards. On a goal kick can the team taking the goal kick be in a offside position on the attacking half of the field?...

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