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Soccer/Football

WestMichRad

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11. Well I was a soccer referee for several years...

Reply to MichMan (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 30, 2022, 05:17 PM

Nov 2022

… so the offside law makes sense to me. Can’t deny your point about it being a primarily defensive game, though.

Rather than tinkering with the offside law, I think soccer needs something akin to basketball’s shot clock (although not necessarily a clock, per se). If a team isn’t pressing forward in preparation to try and score, they shouldn’t get to keep playing endless “keep away”, IMHO.

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Question about the winning American goal in the US vs Iran game. [View all] Baitball Blogger Nov 2022 OP

There were still 2 defenders between Pulisic and the goal WHEN underpants Nov 2022 #1

I might have missed that part of the rules. Baitball Blogger Nov 2022 #3

Soccer rso Nov 2022 #2

Of course, I corrected it. Baitball Blogger Nov 2022 #4

Soccer rso Nov 2022 #6

I dont understand it at all as I am only familiar with hockey rules MichMan Nov 2022 #5

Offside in soccer is completely different... WestMichRad Nov 2022 #7

I read it twice and I still don't feel like I know any more than I did. MichMan Nov 2022 #8

Well I was a soccer referee for several years... WestMichRad Nov 2022 #11

Think of the second to last defender, sarisataka Nov 2022 #10

Does that prevent a player ahead of the pack from getting a pass for a one man rush to the goal? MichMan Nov 2022 #14

A backwards pass sarisataka Nov 2022 #15

I'm trying to find an analogy to a hockey player getting the puck at mid ice ahead of the defenders MichMan Nov 2022 #17

It is more difficult to pull off in soccer sarisataka Nov 2022 #19

Why do they keep adding minutes to the length of the games near the end ? MichMan Nov 2022 #9

Soccer uses a constantly running clock WestMichRad Nov 2022 #12

Unlike most sports sarisataka Nov 2022 #13

That makes sense, but it always seems like it always a whole number of minutes MichMan Nov 2022 #16

You are correct sarisataka Nov 2022 #18