Positions for High School ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Players per team - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅11 players per team (incl. goalie)
Forwards - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Score goals
Halfbacks (Midfielders) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Defend, pass, score
Fullbacks (Defenders) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Defend, do not play full field
Goalie - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Defends goal, uses hands in penalty area
Game Format - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2 halves x 40 minutes (high school)
Substitutions - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Subs only when ball crosses end line
Kick-off - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅At start, after goals, & new periods
Scoring - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A goal = Ball completely crosses goal line; Must be
between goalposts & under crossbar; No hand/arm contact by attackers
Offside Rule - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A player is offside if closer to opponent's goal
than 2nd-last defender and involved in the play when ball is passed
Not offside - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅In own half; Receives ball from throw-in, corner,
or goal kick
Penalty for offside - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Indirect free kick to opposing team