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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 12/6/2009

Doug of Torrance, CA USA asks...

A player is clearly in an offside position but before the ball is played towards him he steps off the field of play, for example, behind the opposing team's goal line and then AFTER the ball is played towards him he steps back on to the field - is h...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/29/2009

Randy Flowers of Reynoldsburg, Ohio USA asks...

Dear Sir,
At what point does a A.R. raise his flag on offsides?...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/25/2009

Joe Iano of Seattle, WA USA asks...

Two white attackers are advancing with the ball in the opponent's penalty area, about level with the top of the goal area. The ball is then played back to another white attacker near the top of the penalty area. At this time, blue defenders step up, ...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/24/2009

Evan of Clifton, NJ USA asks...

Where is the ball placed for the free kick after an offside infraction is called? I assumed that it would be placed at the point where the infraction occurred, i.e. where the offending player touched the ball or otherwise became involved in the play...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/18/2009

Kristin Love of Pittsburgh, PA USA asks...

What a relief.

I was wondering because in recert class last week there was disagreement otherwise. Someone thought that since the clarification of active play was now 'foot on ball' that it would influence the placement of the ball on resta...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/18/2009

alex of richmond hill, ontario canada asks...

Whether man u or chelsea get the benefit of a call is not my concern. My concern is there should be a degree of consistency when applying offside under 'interfering with play'.

Personally I always have the idea that a player in the offside p...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/14/2009

Kristin Love of Pittsburgh, PA USA asks...

When a player in offside postition becomes involved in active play, where's the restart?

In the past, I had understood the rule to be where the player was first judged to be in offside position. (2005 clarification)

But in the 2008-...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/14/2009

Larry of Danville, CA USA asks...

Offside question concerning interfering with an opponent. ATR reads:

11.4 INTERFERING WITH AN OPPONENT
'Interfering with an opponent' means preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the op...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/12/2009

Scud of Baghdad, Iraq asks...

I'm sorry if I didnt make my self clear but here is easier way to understand my question:

Imagine:

Attack team: ABCD
Defend team: wxyz

player A near the side line prepare to shoot.

Players gathering inside the ...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/9/2009

Mike Tapley of temecula, CA USA asks...

A forward is in an onside position when his team kicks the ball, then he moves beyond the last defender; while the ball is in the air, the opposing defender heads the ball backward to the player who is behind him. Is the forward offside because of th...

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