2. All players must be on their own half of the field before the kickoff takes place.

3. Defensive players must be outside the center circle, at least ten yards away from the ball, for the kickoff.

1. Each team has up to eleven players; one is the goalkeeper. The other players are known as defenders, midfielders, and forwards, or strikers.

2. In major competitions, a team may not use more than three substitutions in a game. In other competitions up to five may be used.

3. A substitute must be summoned onto the field by the referee and must enter the field at the centerline after the player she/he is replacing has left the field.

1. The ball is round, covered in leather or in leather like material, and is betwe

A player is offside if he/she is closer to the opponent's goal line than the ball is, unless the player is still in his/her own half of the field or at least two opponents are closer to the opponent's goal line. Offside is determined by the player's position at the moment of the pass, not at the moment he/she receives the pass. A player is not offside when he/she receives a ball that, bounces off a defender who had possession of the ball, comes at him directly from a goal kick, corner kick, or throw in; was deflected by the goalkeeper, or was shot at the goal and bounces off a defender. Nor is player offside when he/she is in line with a defender at the moment of the pass. A player is not called offside for merely being in an offside position. The player must be participating in the play to be ruled offside, when a player is offside, the opposing

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