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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 1/7/2012

Mark Fischer of armonk, ny USA asks...

Thanks for the responses. Now add in that the keeper has visibly moved to address the expected play of the ball by the offside player (e.g., because he doesn't see that the player is offside or doesn't know if offside will be called). The offside p...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/5/2012

Mark Fischer of armonk, ny USA asks...

If a player indisputably in an offside position does not play a ball passed to or near him (e.g., steps over it, allows it to pass by him untouched, runs past it to get back to what would have been an onside position if he had been there when the bal...

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Law 11 - Offside 12/27/2011

chai of sanger, ca us asks...

in regards to this question, law 11 says 2nd to last defender?. i had a similar situation (if not exact). so if my two attackers breakaway from all defenders and are in a 2 against 1 agaist the keeper. whos the 2nd to last defender?...

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Law 11 - Offside 12/21/2011

inem of abuja, Nigeria asks...

In soccer, when only a player's hand is slightly behind d last defender but his entire body is just in line with the defender, would such player be deemed to be offside?
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Law 11 - Offside 12/16/2011

chai of sanger, ca us asks...

in reference to this question, ive heard that once the keeper comes out of the box. offsided doesnet apply anymore. true?...

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Law 11 - Offside 12/16/2011

DK of DM, ia U.S. asks...

So to be clear...
the following scenerio comes up often in a game, and the handling of it is still debated after the game and at recert classes:

To make this clear, please consider the following extreme scenerio:
Defenders are chasin...

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Law 11 - Offside 12/12/2011

chai of sanger, ca usa asks...

this weekend my son scored a goal from a cross and was ruled offsides. the sideline ref said that my son was not in an offsides position but another player was that was near my son when my son scored.
is that right?...

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Law 11 - Offside 12/10/2011

greg of arlington heights, illinois USA asks...

When a goalie is outside of the goalie box, does he become the last defender for offsides call? ...

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Law 11 - Offside 12/8/2011

Nicolas Rees of Mountain View, ca usa asks...

Has one of the concepts of the offside rule changed that the player now has to actually touch the ball to be considered offside where before they did not have to touch it to be considered offside?...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/29/2011

Suljone of Zagreb, Croatia asks...

Thanks for replies.
I am not concern about eventually referee mistake in the concrete situation on game mentioned, but on the (theoretical) question: what is limit when defenders touching the ball is not concerned as offside?

For exampl...

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