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A new position paper talking about the passback violation:
Passback Violation Position Paper

In this example, the offense must be properly understood in the following terms:
• The ball was clearly kicked by a Toronto defender
• The ball was neither deflected nor accidentally misdirected — that is, the pass was deliberate
• It is irrelevant that the pass was arguably not to the goalkeeper
• The goalkeeper clearly handled the ball directly from the kick by his teammate
• Instead of playing the ball in some other way, the goalkeeper chose to handle it, thus removing the ball from active challenge by the Columbus attacker

Referees must be alert to the possibility of even uncommon offenses such as this.
The requirements of the “iron triangle” (played by the teammate’s foot, deliberate action,
goalkeeper directly handling) were met and the violation should have been called.