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Originally Posted by ref47
the direction of the pass is not important/relevant when making offside decisions. location, location, location. i called two offside violations last night in a hs match where the player was closer to the opponent's goalline than the ball and 2ld, both ran back to an onside position AFTER THE BALL WAS PLAYED by a teammate, to play the ball. one ran 10 yards back.
(ref nrev, i know you kow this, but misspoke.)
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Confusing at first because rare, but ok, the pass could be backward from an onside player but played by a player running backward from an offside position.
Most of use were thinking about "backward pass" implying the receiving player was "behind" the ball, i.e., farther from the goal.