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= __Gameplay Rules__ =

During a game of soccer, the time can be stopped due to a kick off, a throw in, a goal kick, a corner kick, indirect free kick, direct free kick, a free kick, a penalty kick, and a dropped ball. If a ball is intentionally or unintentionally kicked out of the boundary lines, the ball goes out of play. This means that players can`t make contact with the ball and the referee will stop the play. Substitutions can take place when a ball goes out of bounds. The main objective of the game is to score goals. Goals can be scored as long as the game is in play and as long as the ball is put into the net without any hand contact. An offside occurs when a offensive striker is closer to the opponents goal than the ball and the last opponents deffender. Understanding how an offside looks is difficult to explain in words, however easier to understand through illustrations.

A foul is called when a player goes after the ball while interfering or making aggressive contact with an opponent with the ball. A misconduct occurs when a player purposely attacts another player by pushing, punching, or kicking them. The referee will penalize players that make fouls or have misconducts by flashing yellow and red cards. When a play is to resart again after the time has stopped, a player will take a free kick. When a hand ball is made within the 18 yard box, a penalty kick occurs and the opposing team lines up to try to defend the kick. If a ball goes out of bounds, the opposing player who didn`t touch the ball last gets to throw the ball back into play. If the ball goes over the defending teams goal line, and the defenders touching the ball last means a corner kick will be tooken by the offense.

Example of Offside:

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