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Understanding the Offside Rule

The purpose of the offside rule is to prevent a team from having a player "camp" in front of an opponent's goal waiting for an easy score.

A player is in the "offside position" if he/she is nearer to the opponent's goal line than both the ball and the second-to-last-last opponent
A player in the offside position is not in violation of the rule
However, once he/she plays the ball while in the offside position, that is when the violation of the rule occurs
In other words, a player is offside if he/she gains an advantage from being ahead of the ball at the moment the ball touches or is played by a member of the same team
(Note: Offside is not called below the 10U division)

For an offside position to occur, all three conditions must occur:
- The offensive player must be in the offensive half of the field;
- The offensive player must be closer to the opponent's goal line than the ball;
- The offensive player must be closer to the opponent's goal line than the next to last defender
The referee's moment of judgment is the instant the ball is played, not when it is received

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