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Question Number: 2785

Law 11 - Offside 11/30/2001

RE: AYSO Other

Heath Daley of Riverside, Ca USA asks...

A goalie picks up the ball from a shot on goal, he then kicks the ball the a attacker player who is in an offside position and was in an offside position when the ball was kicked. It was not from a goal kick. Is that player offside?

Answer provided by Referee haselden

If I understand the question, you want to know if an attacking player will be penalized for being offside if the defending keeper plays the ball to him. The answer is no. Law 11 tells us that the ball must be last played or touched by a teammate.



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Answer provided by Referee Victor Matheson

On the other hand, if you want to know whether a player is offside if his own goalkeeper punts the ball over midfield to where he is standing offside, then the answer is that the player should be called offside.



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