Offsides rule in soccer?

Question

I have a question about offsides in soccer. Say there is a situation where two offensive players (one of whom has the ball) break past the defenders and rush down the field ahead of them. When they get close to the goal, the offender with the ball passes it to his teammate to mess up the goalie's angle. Since the teammate he was passing to was past all the defenders, would that be called as offsides, or would in not get called since the guy passing the ball is past all the defenders too?

Answer 1

As long as the person without the ball is behind the ball, then no one is offside.  If two people get past all the defenders though, there is definitely a problem with the defense.  The player without the ball, though, has to be absolutely behind (or trailing) the ball, because if he is even with the ball or in front of it, he is considered offside at that point.

Answer 2

Let's call the two attacking players A and B.

Assuming that A got past the opposition defense by himself (dribbling all the way in front or he got the ball in an on-side position) then he would not be offside at this point.

Then, when B makes his off the ball run pas the opposition defense, now both guys are behind the defense and the only one in front of them would be the goalkeeper. If A crosses the ball to B, for B to score with a simple tap-in then it won't be offside, and the goal will be counted, but if B is in a position in front of A (or if A and B are not adjacent with each other) then when A passes to B, it would be offside and if B scores, it won't be counted.

If the passing is to the side (straight line) or to the back then it won't be offside, as long as the passing is not to bring the ball forward towards the opponent's goal it won't be offside.  

Answer 3

It would be offside, because the person he is passing to is past all the defenders before he's passed it. End of.

Answer 4

He has to be behind or lateral with his team mate to receive a fair pass. If he is even half a step in front he will be called offside.I'm a ref. This is what my rulebook states:

An Attacker is in an offside position if, when a teammate has the ball, the attacker is:

-Closer to the other team's goal than the ball,

and

-Closer to the other team's goal than the second to the last defender,

and

-In the other team's end of the field.