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Question Number: 15570Law 11 - Offside 5/22/2007RE: Select Under 13 Mike Dowling of Potomac Falls, Virginia USA asks...Offside related question.
Offensive player is in an offside position (meets all requirements). Defender attempts to clear the ball upfield, however ball goes behind defender (mis-kick and very windy) and is run onto by the player in the offside position. Offensive player gained an advantage of the offside position and capitalized on a defenders mistake but did not have the ball played to her by a teammate. Raise the flag? Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller No flag because ball came from a defender. The ball must come from a teammate for it to be a possible offside - NOT A DEFENDER.
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View Referee Ben Mueller profileAnswer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer You don't say how the ball gets to the defender or if the attempted clearance was tried after the defender gained control. This is most important in deciding the answer. Without this information the only thing I can say is I don't know...
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