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Law 11 - Offside 6/25/2009

darren of Columbus, Ohio U.S.A. asks...

A player in an offside position should not
be punished before playing or touching the ball, if in the opinion of the referee,
a teammate coming from an onside position has the opportunity to play the ball.

Is this right?...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/23/2009

Roger of Denison, IA USA asks...

Does offsides still apply if the fullbacks push up past the center line, leaving the defensive half of the field?...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/22/2009

James of Gulf Breeze, FL USA asks...

This past weekend I had a high school soccer game and there was an interesting offside offense that occurred. Here is the situation:

The opposing team played the ball back to the keeper, and I sprinted toward the goalie to try to intercept t...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/21/2009

Jeff of Laguna Beach, CA USA asks...

Thank you for the responses. I believe I'm confused as to where the attacker is considered to be when they leave the field with the referee's permission - which is essentially no where - they have no position. If instead of entering in his own half,...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/18/2009

Harman of petaluma , CA united states asks...

my question is so if a goal is scored and there is a player of the team that socored the goal is offside but the player didn't interfere with the play is it a goal?

one more question! when is a penalty kick, ifk, corner kick, direct free kic...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/18/2009

Steve Chantilly Virgina of Chantilly, VA USA asks...

Did anyone see the Confederations cup game US vs Italy where the US own goal was called back because of an offside call?

The Italian player who was in an offside position didn't seem to be interfering with play and looked to be at least 4 ya...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/17/2009

Jeff of Orange County, California USA asks...

An attacker leaves the field of play, with the referees permission at a spot on the touchline 10 yards from the defenders goal line. Sometime later the referee waves the player on just before a teammate booms the ball over all of the defenders who a...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/15/2009

Terry Carrington of Oklahoma City, OK USA asks...

I had a situation come up in a game where I was one of the AR's.

Team A is attacking and is about 10 yards inside Team B's half when they lose possession to a defender who at the time is the second to last defender. Most of Team A turns and ...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/15/2009

Joe Sereno of Gaylord, MI USA asks...

I have seen you touch on this before but it has come up again so I would like your advice.

I am working with new ARs and some offside calls were being made. I could see the player offside but the AR waited and would then raise the flag fart...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/13/2009

John of newmarket, ontario canada asks...

I'm having a mental block

Re offside

We have the attacking team
no one is currently in the off-side position
the central mid fielder kicks the ball in the air to his winger.
the winger has passed the second last defen...

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