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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 6/5/2016

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

I appreciate the cleaning up of Laws, to make them more consistent throughout. On offside, though, we are still left with the inconsistency of what 'play the ball' means.

A player in an offside position can (apparently) make a 'dummy' play o...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/4/2016

John Cardoza of Madrid, New York United States asks...

A player is called offside.
Is the restart at the point of the second to last defender or the point where the offensive player was when the ball was played by his teammate?
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Law 11 - Offside 6/2/2016

Ari of 16517 Septo Street, CA USA asks...

Player A plays a through ball to Player B who is in an offside position. A defender who is running back miskicks the ball and it goes directly to Player B. Is the player offsides? ...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/30/2016

Lincoln of Alberton, PEI Canada asks...

Team A has the ball near top of the opposing teams 18 yard box. A center midfielder is making a run toward goal and was onside once the ball was kicked. While running towards the goal, the ball is tipped by a teammate(striker), slowing the ball down...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/30/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

I have a follow-up question to something that Referee Dawson said: 'if the offside position was adjudged to have occurred first then the holding would not be punished as the INDFK restart for interference with an opponent takes precedent.'

S...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/28/2016

Tolga Eskici of Bedford, United Kingdom asks...

In the 2016 Champions League final, Sergio Ramos scored a goal in an offside position. However, during this, his shirt was being tugged, would the goal still not count or would there be a penalty offence instead? Please answer, thank you. Sorry, I'm ...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/22/2016

Sean of Davenport, FL USA asks...

My question is about the offsides rule.

I had the ball moving towards the opposing team's goal. I was well behind all the defenders. As I got to just inside the 18 I passed the ball backwards to my teammate who was also closer to the goal ...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/19/2016

Tom Schaller of Chicago, IL USA asks...

After Liverpool-Seville game dispute arose: Can a player be called offside, when:
-he stands in an offside position at the time the ball is played by teammate
-teammate kicks the ball back (towards his own goal)
-but the ball gets deflect...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/14/2016

JOHN CORCORAN of NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia United States asks...

Player A is in an offside position. Player B kicks the ball on goal and it bounces off the crossbar to Player A still in an offside position. I called him offsides. Is that the correct call?...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/13/2016

Chris of Raleigh, NC usa asks...

Law 11 question here I think. Here is the scenario. An attacking player is onside when a back team mate sends a long forward ball in the air. While the ball is in the air the attacking player crosses the defensive line and gets ahead of the ball, ...

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