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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 9/3/2010

RefSteve of Long Island, New York USA asks...

When a ball is played into the attacking half of the field toward an offside-positioned player, when is the proper time to whistle for offside ? I have usually waited until they get to within 3 or 4 steps of the ball, but I have sometimes been told t...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/2/2010

Ken of santa barbara, ca usa asks...

corner kick is played, deflects of a defender to an attacker in the offside position. Should he be called for the offside infraction. Does the Corner Kick exception to the Offside rule apply in this case?...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/2/2010

Joe of SCS, Michigan USA asks...

Can you clarify this call. Forward A is in a offside position,forward B passes the ball to him , but it is deflected by a defenseman to him. He takes the shot and scores. His he offside ? I was watching a game from Italy, the same scenario, the go...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/30/2010

Richard of London , Ontario Canada asks...

Offside
Question 1 A player is in an offside position. The ball is kicked to them but the last defender stops the ball. The offside player attacks the defender and gets the ball. Are they offside?

Question 2 A player is in the offside p...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/28/2010

Mark of N. Plainfield, NJ USA asks...

I guess I should have a bit more clear with my question. I understand the offside rule but I guess my question should have been, what are the proper mechanics in a situation like this? Here's a situation:

An offensive player is in an offside...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/26/2010

Barrie Monks of La Crosse, Wisconsin USA asks...

Defender A attempts to clear the ball up field, it hits the back of degender B and rebounds to an attacker in an off side position. Is he off side? Two thoughts, the attacker is gaining an advantage but the initial clerance from the defender was in...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/25/2010

Mark of N. Plainfield, NJ USA asks...

What would be the proper protocol in this situation? An offensive player is returning from an offside position in the opponents half when a ball is played, but does not become active until he has played a ball in his own half....

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Law 11 - Offside 8/24/2010

ted snyder of belleville, il usa asks...

player a has the ball and only the keeper is between him and the end line. he passes back to teammate b, behind him. b shoots and it deflects off keeper to a. is a offside because the moment he passed back he puts himself in an offside postion...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/21/2010

Greg Kidd of Palm Bay, FL USA asks...

Is there such a thing as an 'over and back' rule in soccer? My daughter was called for an 'over and back' penalty during a tournament today. I asked the head ref and he said it was when a player returns from an offside postion to gain an advantage ...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/18/2010

John Lubeck of Livermore, CA USA asks...

Hello, I see from Ref Michelle Maloney that included in the list of how a player can be involved in a play is to 'distract a player attempting to play the ball'.

Some time ago, we had a DFK just outside the penalty area. One of the attackin...

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