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Law 11 - Offside 8/28/2010

Mark of N. Plainfield, NJ USA asks...

I guess I should have a bit more clear with my question. I understand the offside rule but I guess my question should have been, what are the proper mechanics in a situation like this? Here's a situation:

An offensive player is in an offside...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/26/2010

Barrie Monks of La Crosse, Wisconsin USA asks...

Defender A attempts to clear the ball up field, it hits the back of degender B and rebounds to an attacker in an off side position. Is he off side? Two thoughts, the attacker is gaining an advantage but the initial clerance from the defender was in...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/25/2010

Mark of N. Plainfield, NJ USA asks...

What would be the proper protocol in this situation? An offensive player is returning from an offside position in the opponents half when a ball is played, but does not become active until he has played a ball in his own half....

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Law 11 - Offside 8/24/2010

ted snyder of belleville, il usa asks...

player a has the ball and only the keeper is between him and the end line. he passes back to teammate b, behind him. b shoots and it deflects off keeper to a. is a offside because the moment he passed back he puts himself in an offside postion...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/21/2010

Greg Kidd of Palm Bay, FL USA asks...

Is there such a thing as an 'over and back' rule in soccer? My daughter was called for an 'over and back' penalty during a tournament today. I asked the head ref and he said it was when a player returns from an offside postion to gain an advantage ...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/18/2010

John Lubeck of Livermore, CA USA asks...

Hello, I see from Ref Michelle Maloney that included in the list of how a player can be involved in a play is to 'distract a player attempting to play the ball'.

Some time ago, we had a DFK just outside the penalty area. One of the attackin...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/14/2010

Angela Degenhardt of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA USA asks...

What constitutes an offside. I have had two people explain it to me and I still don't get it....

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Law 11 - Offside 8/14/2010

john baltutis of Belleville, ontario canada asks...

attacker A, is in a off side position,
the ball is kicked from his own team, and is deflected from the defending team to attacker A, who is still in a off side position,
Is he called off side??...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/6/2010

Steven of Sydney, Nsw Australia asks...

When offside restarted after
a controled pass ??? ...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/26/2010

Kerry Straub of Madison, Alabama US asks...

Dear Ref,
I have been a ref and coach for a decade or so. However, I was asked the other day about offsides. The scenario is the following: An offending player has the ball and passes the last defender. He/she shoots the ball and it is deflec...

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