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Old 07-02-2010, 01:51 PM   #3251
Matty81
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Originally Posted by mykalberta View Post
Are you allowed to be offside on a freekick if the person who takes the free kick scores?
As I understand it, a player can be offside until they touch the ball at which point the play is stopped. If they don't touch it, no problem.

Edit, just looked it up and the rule is - offside only if they "impact the play" so somewhat discretionary by the ref.
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