Question Number: 16626

Law 11 - Offside 9/10/2007

RE: travel Under 11

tzone of glastonbury, usa asks...

If a player is in a breakaway, shoots, and the goalie knocks the ball down (no defenders are near). The player then shoots the rebound in the goal. Is that an offsides?

Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

An attacker nearer his opponent's goal line than the last but one opponent AND the ball is in an offside position. You say the ball is between him and the goal line. A player in an offside position is only penalised if at the moment the ball is touched or played by one of his team. You say he was the last of his side to touch the ball.

There can be NO offside infraction on this series of events because a team mate has not touched the ball and he is not in an offside position.

Regards,

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Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

When you shoot the ball, you are behind it so you can NEVER be offside. Offside is only judged at the moment a teammate plays or touches the ball

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Answer provided by Referee Richard Dawson

No offside! If the shooter was not quilty of offside before nothing has occurred which changes that fact!
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Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

No - unless the offside occurred before the attacker got the ball for the breakaway.

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