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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 6/21/2010

david tucci of woodbridge, ontario canada asks...

Player A1 is on offense and mounts an attack. He passes the ball to A2 who is in an onside position when the pass is made.

player A2 gets behind the defender. the ball, however, does not make it through defender B.

Player B attemp...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/18/2010

Joe McDonnell of Castlebar, Mayo Ireland asks...

Okay I'm fairly well versed on the Offside rule and have read the rule book extensively but wasn't sure about one situation.

Player A has the ball. Player B is behind him and obviously offside.
Player C is in an offside position.
D...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/17/2010

Farsi Mahdi of Tehran, Iran asks...

I think first goal of Mexico in match versus France was offside. Wasn't it?...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/13/2010

Greg of Dallas, Tx USA asks...

This is about the England vs USA game for those of you that watched. There was a ball played through which Wayne Rooney ran on to. He was clearly not in an offside position. However, I believe it was Heskey in the center circle, who was in an offside...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/12/2010

Jef Harding of Moorestown, nj usa asks...

Players A1 and A2 beat the defenders and approach the keeper. A1 moves ahead of A2
A2 shoots and the keeper bangs it back out. A1 shoots into the net...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/10/2010

Nick Broderick of Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada asks...

In a Senior Men's C game recently, I had the following scenario occur. The ball is played from 25 yards outside the penalty area at an angle towards the left corner flagpost. It is headed towards an offside-positioned attacker who makes no effort to ...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/8/2010

Jamie Laning of Huntsville, Ontario Canada asks...

The law says:

...penalised if,...involved in active play by:...gaining an advantage by being in that position.

In the interpretations/guidelines at the back of the this year's (09/10) LOTG, page 103, it says:

A player in an...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/8/2010

Doug of Cincinnati, Ohio US asks...

Thanks for the clear as mud difference of opinion on the way to handle the situation described in this question. I had something similar happen recently in a game. As I began to read your individual responses I felt like I had made the correct deci...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/5/2010

Larry of Danville, CA USA asks...

The attacking team clears the ball and it is heading to the keeper. Another attacking player in an offside position is chasing it down. The keeper (still in the penalty area)kicks the ball, and it deflects off the attacker who then takes control an...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/5/2010

Paul of smyrna, ga usa asks...

Regarding why players can not be called for offside infractions on goal kicks, throw-ins or corner kicks; although I've never read this anywhere I've always assumed the reasoning is (almost) obvious.
Offside is judged by the position of the pl...

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