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Originally posted by axisbal13
The keeper was in front of attacker 1 on the ground. The defender behind him was no more than 3 feet away and appeared to be visually screened by attacker 1. The ball went directly between attacker 1 legs. Wouldn't that be considered as being involved in the play, even though attacker 2 wasn't passing the ball to him?
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First, it is offside, singular, drop the "s". You sound like a fan, not an official.
Secondly, you answered your own question when you said that the defender behind him, who was presumably guarding the goal while the keeper went out, appeared to be visually screened by the attacker who was standing in an offside position. This is clearly "interfering with play
or with an opponent" as it states in rule 11-1-3a. So, yes, it should be penalized and the goal should be disallowed.