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Question Number: 12454Law 11 - Offside 3/30/2006RE: competetive Under 13 Vicky A. Ruiz-Rosario of Pembroke Pines, FL USA asks...This question is a follow up to question 12409 One of the referrees mentioned to call offside as soon as the intent to receive the ball is perceived while in offside position and to not wait for the ball to actually be touched. Wouldn't that actually be jumping the gun, because another player might actually step in for ball contact before the offside player? What would be the disadvantages in waiting for actual contact in establishing 100% certainty since I thought the procedure for determining offside was to apply the offside rules while scrutinizing the pass and the contact, the pass and the contact in a pattern anyway?
Thanks for the insight Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer When more than one player is involved and one is not in an offside position the assistant referee MUST wait for the touch before flagging. The only cases I envision not waiting is a possible collision with the goalkeeper, here we would rather prevent the collision, up goes the flag without waiting until the crunch; or the offside player interfers with an opponent.
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Read other Q & A regarding Law 11 - Offside The following questions were asked as a follow up to the above question...See Question: 12474 See Question: 12530 See Question: 12577 -
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