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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 3/13/2013

Brian Duddy of San Bruno, CA USA asks...

A player from team B has the ball. A player from team A (A2) is standing behind him in an offside position, not interfering with play. B attempts to kick the ball forward, but it deflects off A1, who had been challenging for the ball but did not end...

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Law 11 - Offside 3/11/2013

Dave of /gainesville, Ga USA asks...

Should a player be called offside if he receives ball directly from a goalkeeper's throw, punt, or dropkick? (A goal can be scored directly by GK thru one of these methods)...

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Law 11 - Offside 3/11/2013

Pat Diederich of Columbus, NE USA asks...

If a player takes a shot on goal with a teammates in an offside position but at the time did not figure in the play. The shot was deflected by the keeper to the player that was in the offside position. What is the call, if any? Thanks....

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Law 11 - Offside 3/9/2013

ALAN OWEN of Swansea, UK asks...

A player runs with the ball past 2 players and tries to cross the ball, he is now behind the 2 players and the goalkeeper, the cross hits one of the players and then bounces off the goalkeeper back to the attacker who scores but he is still behind th...

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Law 11 - Offside 3/7/2013

Scott Worthington of Huntington Beach, CA USA asks...

Hi refs. I'm delighted to hear about the change in wording of the offside law. The old 'deceives or distracts an opponent' was just too ambiguous. The new 'challenging an opponent for the ball' is much clearer.

Still, it raises anew the ques...

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Law 11 - Offside 3/2/2013

Zluva of C.Budejovice, Czech Republic asks...

Hello my question is: Player A passes to Player B. Player B is in an offside position. Player B runs for this ball and defender kicks this ball out of bounds. Player B is not in contact with defender, but he is close to him (between 1 and 2 metres). ...

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Law 11 - Offside 2/24/2013

Zluva of C.Budejovice, Czech Republic asks...

Hello,my question is: Player A passes the ball, Player B is in an offside position, but he is not active. Defender takes the ball. The ball is under his control. Player B attacks this defender. Is it offside? Is different, when the attack is immediat...

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Law 11 - Offside 2/24/2013

Zluva of C.Budejovice, Czech Republic asks...

Hello, my question is: Player A passes to Player B which is in an offside position. Player B doesn´t attack the ball. Defender from rival team handels the ball and at this moment Player B attack him. Is it offside? Please explain more.(When a player ...

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Law 11 - Offside 2/22/2013

Chinmaya of bangalore, india asks...

I have a doubt.Suppose 2 players of team X(a,b) are in offside position but player 'c' is not when the ball is played. Now is it called offside offence if player 'c' scores the goal?...

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Law 11 - Offside 2/17/2013

Reza of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark asks...

In a position with two attackers, and only goal keeper left from the other team, if the player who has the ball, passes the ball to the other attacker, where would be the offside line?
I mean the pass maker has the ball, but the ball isn't closer...

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