Soccer Referee Resources
Home
Ask a Question
Articles
Recent Questions
Search

You-Call-It
Previous You-Call-It's

VAR (Video Assistant Referee)

Q&A Quick Search
The Field of Play
The Ball
The Players
The Players Equipment
The Referee
The Other Match Officials
The Duration of the Match
The Start and Restart of Play
The Ball In and Out of Play
Determining the Outcome of a Match
Offside
Fouls and Misconduct
Free Kicks
Penalty kick
Throw In
Goal Kick
Corner Kick


Common Sense
Kicks - Penalty Mark
The Technical Area
The Fourth Official
Pre-Game
Fitness
Mechanics
Attitude and Control
League Specific
High School


Common Acronyms
Meet The Ref
Advertise
Contact AskTheRef
Help Wanted
About AskTheRef


Panel Login

AskTheRef.com Most Recent Questions

[Previous] [Next]

Law 13 - Free Kicks 8/4/2007

James Hart of Oakland, MD USA asks...

The referee has awarded Team B a free kick just outside its own penalty area. B1 takes the free kick and passes back to the goalkeeper, who misplays the pass and has the ball carom off his foot and into the goal.
Does the referee award the goal...

Read The Full Q & A

Law 14 - Penalty kick 8/4/2007

jasmine of melbourne, victoria australia asks...

in the taking of a penalty the goalkeeper can move as soon as the attacking player begins to run true or false?...

Read The Full Q & A

Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/3/2007

Simon Maltby of Battle Ground, WA Clark asks...

Our keeper was red carded for handling the ball outside of the penalty area. Is this a normal call?...

Read The Full Q & A

Law 13 - Free Kicks 8/3/2007

Nathanael Vitalis of Center City, MN USA asks...

I am a rookie referee this year. I have not been able to get a definitive answer to my question regarding Indirect Free Kicks (IFK). [15085]

My question is: On an IFK, does the player that first touches/kicks the ball have to actually make...

Read The Full Q & A

Other 8/3/2007

Vilyamga of Unknown, Unknown Russia asks...

Hello! great idea of color of this site!...

Read The Full Q & A

Character, Attitude and Control 8/2/2007

Jenny of , Pa USA asks...

If your team is playing a team that has the sponsors on the sidelines and the refs are confering with them and then you play that team minutes later and that team has hand balls not called and offsides and other 'offenses' not called,
in this si...

Read The Full Q & A

Law 11 - Offside 8/2/2007

Mike of Barrie, Ontario Canada asks...

Hi, my question pertains to offsides.

If a defender, who is currently the second last defender, intentionally leaves the field of play in order to put the attacking team in an offside position, do we call the attacker offside (assuming he ...

Read The Full Q & A

League Specific 8/2/2007

kidane melles of Asmara, Eritrea Eritrea asks...

In my country a total of three yellow cards in three consequent plays penalize a player from playing one game in the next match.
A player had two yellow cards and the next play the player was cautioned with a third yellow card and this was clea...

Read The Full Q & A

Law 11 - Offside 8/2/2007

martin of dunedin, otago new zealand asks...

I coach a team and the following 2 scenarios were given to me Team A have a goal kick and the taker manages to launch a ball well into team B's half where a team A striker standing in a technically offside position I.e. behind team B defenders faci...

Read The Full Q & A

Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/2/2007

Jim of sydney, nsw Australia asks...

A defender reaches out with his hand to stop a goal, the defender then handballs it and stops it going into the goal. the ball then falls directly to an attackers foot who kicks the ball into the goal. what should the ref do? should the red card stil...

Read The Full Q & A

[Previous] [Next]

AskTheref.com Educating and Amusing The Soccer Referee Since October 11, 1999

Soccer Referee Extras

Offside Question?

Offside Explained by Chuck Fleischer & Richard Dawson, Former & Current Editor of AskTheRef





This web site and the answers to these questions are not sanctioned by or affiliated with any governing body of soccer. The free opinions expressed on this site should not be considered official interpretations of the Laws of the Game and are merely opinions of AskTheRef and our panel members. If you need an official ruling you should contact your state or local representative through your club or league. On AskTheRef your questions are answered by a panel of licensed referees. See Meet The Ref for details about our panel members. While there is no charge for asking the questions, donation to maintain the site ar

e welcomed! <>