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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 4/17/2011

fpitonzo of pasadena, md usa asks...

So if offensive player is offside near corner flag close to goal line, defensive team has to spot ball close to their own goal line. I would think that would be a disadvantage to defensive team. Common sense would dictate that if defensive team can ...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/16/2011

Michelle of Pittsburgh, PA USA asks...

If a player is in an off sides position when a ball is player to him by a teammate, but the ball hits a defender then goes to the player that was in the off sides position, should that be called off sides? I though that if there was a deflection then...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/10/2011

lisa up de graff of pacific Palisades, CA USA asks...

Is it considered OFFSIDE if a player(striker) is in offside position and receives the ball from a teammate who initiates kicking the ball from BEFORE the half way line(his own side of the field)?
THANKS!!...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/10/2011

Jen of Menai, NSW Australia asks...

Re the offside rule when the keeper is involved in the play. We had a game today where our defender passed the ball back to the keeper who ran and had to play the ball with his feet. The ball rebounded from an attacking player from the other side and...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/9/2011

Barney James of Tulsa, OK USA asks...

Off a corner kick the ball strikes a defensive player that is out further from the goal and bounces back to the offensive player that made the corner kick. Is the offensive player off sides?...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/9/2011

Bryan of HK, HK HKSAR asks...

If two defenders and a striker fell down beyond the goal line after a tackle. As the striker was inactive so his other teammates will never be upside as the defenders beyond the goal line will be the last two men....am I correct? Even all of them wer...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/7/2011

John Gibson of Toronto, Canada asks...

This has been bothering me for some time and I've yet to get a proper answer. Can a player be offside if the initial run and pass came from within his own half. Say the defenders of team A were holding a high line near half way and a player from team...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/5/2011

david schwartzman of pittsburgh, PA United States asks...

can a player step off the field to avoid being called offside?...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/3/2011

Steven of Sydney, Nsw Australia asks...

A attacker plays the ball to a player in a offside postion n a defender heads the ball n it goes behind him towards his goal n the player in the offside position plays the ball is it off?

I used to think it was cause it wasn't a controllle...

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Law 11 - Offside 3/31/2011

Steven of sydney, nsw australia asks...

This happened when i was assistant referee the other day and the referee waved me down. I'll try explain it the best i can .

So it was done near the corner flag close to me . A player was in a offside position but did not play the ball and a...

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