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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostTo say that many referees don’t understand the offside rule is a ridiculous statement. I would guess that they know the rule much better than you do.
The problem I see most often is on longer balls played over the top, where the forward is well onside but starts running early and zooms past a slow-reacting defender after the ball is played. When the ball lands the offensive player with the head start is several yards beyond the defender and the flag goes up. I suspect that it's because the official didn't accurately judge the timing of the run and when the ball was struck, and just assumed(?) that a player that far beyond the defense had to have been offside.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI would imagine that all referees can recite the offside rule without difficulty. That doesn't mean that they don't have trouble calling it effectively.
The problem I see most often is on longer balls played over the top, where the forward is well onside but starts running early and zooms past a slow-reacting defender after the ball is played. When the ball lands the offensive player with the head start is several yards beyond the defender and the flag goes up. I suspect that it's because the official didn't accurately judge the timing of the run and when the ball was struck, and just assumed(?) that a player that far beyond the defense had to have been offside.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI agree. I’ve seen this too many times. What hurts even more is when one AR is good at this and the other isn’t - so offides are correctly called for one team and not for the other.
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If your kid is a stud and has the grades, test scores, etc and the prep school
loves soccer (meaning most of the them), then your kid will have a big plus
during admissions process. Remember, school THEN soccer.
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