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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 4/26/2010

Jim Cappellucci of Plymouth, MA USA asks...

A keeper has made a save and punts the ball. The closest person to the keeper is the attacker who took the shot. Attacker is well enough away from the keeper and is also outside of the penalty area. The ball is punted and flies past the attacker abou...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/24/2010

william pittman of irvine, ca usa asks...

Direct kick from just outside the 18. Ball is kicked and hits post and not any one or anything before it hits the post. A second attacker rushes and kicks the ball into the goal. The second attacker was not in an offside position at the time of the k...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/23/2010

Jace of PV, Arizona United States asks...

Can a player be offsides if they recieve the ball from thier side of the field but are on the other side in offsides position?...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/22/2010

denise tisdale of Meriden, West Midlands UK asks...

An onside player shoots at goal and the ball is punched away by the goalkeeper. The same player by then in an offside position strikes the ball again on the rebound from the goalkeeper and scores. Is this offside?...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/22/2010

Stuart Lewis of New York, NY United States asks...

I think both answers are incorrect applications of the laws. In the FIFA 09-10 LOTG there is a scenario, page 103 which states: A player in an offside position may be penalised before playing or touching the ball, if, in the opinion of the referee, ...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/21/2010

Bob of Long Grove, IL USA asks...

Just to play devils advocate here (and because I believe this is actually counter to the intent of the law), a strictly literal interpretation of the law could be made that would render the opposite result:
since the law states only that 'at the ...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/20/2010

Barney James of Tulsa, OK USA asks...

Our goalie fielded a ball and punted it down field. One of our forwards was onside at the kick and out ran the defender who was trying to play a header on the kick. His header went backwards towards his own goal and was fielded by our forward. All...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/20/2010

Jeff of fredericksburg, va usa asks...

If Team A is attacking and has all 10 players (- keeper) across midfield when Team B kicks the ball (on their defending side) to their attacking side, is Team B offside? In other words, can Team B indeed be considered in an 'offside' position while ...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/19/2010

Eric of Belmont, CA USA asks...

Clarification on when an offside player is interfering.

Player A is the left wing of the attacking team. Player A is standing 10 yards behind the last defensive player and is alone in that section of the pitch. The ball is played to Player A...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/18/2010

Darren Boynton of Saco, Maine USA asks...

For offside, does the Law 'STATE' that the ball must be touched for that player to be called for offside?...

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