Goals nullified by offside after goalie deflection

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Our soccer team had two goals nullified after the opposing team’s goalie deflected the ball on a shot by our team and our second player ran in to score the goal. The second player was not offside at the time of the 1st shot, but then kicked the ball into the goal after the deflection off the goalie’s attempted save. How is this called offside?

Originally asked by user32668 on Stack Exchange (sports) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

If your description is correct, the referee was simply wrong. Law 11.2 is very clear on this: A player in an offside position at the moment the ball is played or touched by a team-mate is only penalised on becoming involved in active play As your player was not in an offside position when the ball was played by your teammate, no offence has been committed. Of course, if you were not sure about the reasoning for a decision, you should have politely asked the referee to explain.

Full answer by Philip Kendall: https://sports.stackexchange.com/a/29969 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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