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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 7/16/2016

former youth ref of Hordaland, Norway asks...

(To assist with other readers' navigation #30609 was intended as a follow-up to #30594).
I quite agree that this is the spirit of the game outcome if the attacking team starts a new attack without having lost possession. I would be loth to do so ...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/15/2016

former youth ref of Hordaland, Norway asks...

Thank you very much for your answers.
I am mostly very pleased with the new wordings of the Laws, but this one could have been clearer.
I would like some clarification on one detail. In James Sowa's answer it is stated that the phase of play ...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/14/2016

former youth ref of Hordaland, Norway asks...

A player (A1) from team A takes a shot while A2 is in an offside position. The shot is deflected by B1 while B2 is in an offside position. The deflection sends the ball to the other (mostly deserted) side of the field. The closest players are A2 and ...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/12/2016

former youth ref of Hordaland, Norway asks...

Thanks.
I know that office is recalculated at every touch by a team-mate, but the laws of the game give me the clear impression that the attacking player would be be considered to be on the goal line for every play until 'the next stoppage in pla...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/11/2016

former youth ref of Hordaland, Norway asks...

Thanks for answering my law 12 questions, as well as all the other questions on this site.
I enjoy reading your take on uncommon situations.
Following up on the question regarding the new details in law 11:
I see an issue in the case of t...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/6/2016

Scott of Honolulu, Hawaii USA asks...

I am a new referee and learning. While AR for a non-competitive high school summer league, I had an interesting situation. While attacking, the two strikers are in the offside position at the time of the shot, closing in towards the GK, but not in th...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/3/2016

Filippo of Palermo, Italy asks...

The new text of Law 11 reads:

'An attacking player may step or stay off the field of play not to be involved in active play. If the player re-enters from the goal line and becomes involved in play before the next stoppage in play, OR THE DEF...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/27/2016

Iai of Las Vegas, Nevada USA asks...

If a defender deflects a pass to an attacker in an offside position, is he offside?...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/23/2016

Nick of Peterborough, Ontario Canada asks...

While I was reffing an old timers game I came across a situation where the defending player who was under pressure in his own end plays the ball back (likely to his keeper) however he kicks it into a crowd of three players (mix of attacking/defending...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/20/2016

Jeff of Canmore, Alberta Canada asks...

Offense player crosses centre, approaching the offside line. Another offensive player is on the goal side of offside line, in on offside position. Player carrying the ball takes a long shot on goal, and the goalkeeper plays the ball, with a deflectio...

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