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Closer to the other team's goal than the ball,
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Closer to the other team's goal than the second to last defender.
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In the other team's end of the field
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LAW 11 - OFFSIDE |
| An attacker is in an offside position if, when a teammate has touched or played the ball, the attacker is |
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 It is not illegal for a player to be in an offside position |
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| What is illegal is when an attacker who is in an offside position becomes actively involved in play by: | |
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Interfering with play Having the ball passed to you by a teammate (most common way). You are interfering with play, the moment that you touch the ball Moving to play a ball that wasn't played directly to you (again, you must touch the ball before you are interfering with play) |
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Interfering with an opponent (getting in the way of a player on the other team, including the goalkeeper) |
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Gaining an advantage (receiving or running to a ball which has bounced off a goal post or crossbar or that has been deflected by the goalkeeper or another defender) |
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When offside is called: Indirect free kick from where the offside player was. |
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| It is not an offside violation if a player in an offside position gets the ball directly from: | |
 A throw-in |
 A goal kick |
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A corner kick |
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Offside In each of these plays an attacking player gets involved from an offside position |
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| Player is coming back from offside position |
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