• Interpreting the offside law

    From KaiserD2@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 27 13:23:16 2022
    I'm a former ref. I do not agree with the way offside is being
    interpreted at all. You are not offside if there are two players
    "nearer" the goal than you are. I think "nearer" should be based on
    your feet, not your torso. If the defender is standing still as part
    of a trap he'll be standing straight up. If you are on a run past him
    you will be leaning forward--that's what you do when you run. If your
    feet have not actually passed him you should be on side. I have seen
    at least two attackers get screwed on this already.

    David Kaiser

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  • From KaiserD2@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 29 20:04:43 2022
    This (below) was the interpretation of offside that cost the US a
    second goal today.

    DK


    On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 13:23:16 -0500, KaiserD2 <KaiserD2@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    I'm a former ref. I do not agree with the way offside is being
    interpreted at all. You are not offside if there are two players
    "nearer" the goal than you are. I think "nearer" should be based on
    your feet, not your torso. If the defender is standing still as part
    of a trap he'll be standing straight up. If you are on a run past him
    you will be leaning forward--that's what you do when you run. If your
    feet have not actually passed him you should be on side. I have seen
    at least two attackers get screwed on this already.

    David Kaiser

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