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Law 11 - Offside
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Law 11 - Offside 6/13/2025

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

Thanks. Honestly, I'm a little confused.

Mr. McHugh says the time is 35:44. According to Mr. Dawson, it's 35:42, my understanding.

The coach of the Norwegian team said this:

'I’m very curious why they have only chan...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/12/2025

Bob Williamson of Mesa, AZ United States asks...

Thanks for the quick response. I was thinking only one direction. I have actually called that foul and the crowd went crazy. ...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/11/2025

Bob Williamson of Mesa, AZ United States asks...

As per the "I am a", if it was "I was a" then I would be all of the above.
11.1 states "any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents half". 11.4 states "If an offside offence occurs, the referee awards an indirect free kick where the o...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/11/2025

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

Hello

I'm back because it's necessary to return to an old question:-)

Law change:
When the goalkeeper throws the ball, the last point of contact should be used for the purpose of determining an offside position.

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Law 11 - Offside 5/31/2025

Edgar of Los Angeles, CA Usa asks...

An attacker receives the ball in an offiside position from the defender whose attempt to direct the ball away from the oncoming attack was not successful. Something like an attacker kicks the ball downfield in an attempt to pass to the offside attac...

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Law 11 - Offside 5/17/2025

Cliff of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Canada asks...

Two players from Team A are in offside positions. A teammate has control of the ball and dribbles it so the ball is closer to the goal line than the two who were offside. If the player with the ball now passes it to either of those players, is an off...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/29/2025

David of LAKE WORTH, FL United States asks...

A player from team A is in an offside position. A pass is played directly to this player from within a group of players from both team A and team B. Neither the ARs or the center referee knows for sure which team played the ball to the player in an...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/28/2025

Doug Crawford of Folsom, CA United States asks...

Hi there- in his answer to this question about the offside player, Richard Dawson says "Yes the holding occurred, but it was adjudged as -after- the PIOP was identified as being restricted."
The description of the PIOP as “restricted” makes a l...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/23/2025

Larry of Danville, CA United States asks...

I’m having a minor debate with a fellow referee and am interested in your insight. Does an attempt to play a ball that should be easily controlled by a defender, but who doesn't actually touch the ball, reset offside? The actual play was as follows: ...

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Law 11 - Offside 2/25/2025

Peter Babbage of Hjorring, Denmark asks...

Really two questions in one if thats ok! It concerns offside. Ball played through and it clips a defender. He hasnt tried to play it but does this play the attacker onside? I know it does if he tries to clear the ball .
A ball is played through...

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