World Cup South Africa 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010

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With the recent controversy in the game between Slovenia vs. USA, it would be helpful to review the rules.

The U.S. battled back with a tenacious second half only to be kept from a win by a decision, a Maurice Edu (USA) goal disallowed by Malian referee Koman Coulibaly.

The blue forward on the left of the diagram is in an offside position as he is in front of both the second-to-last defender (marked by the dotted line) and the ball.

Note that this does not necessarily mean he is committing an offside offence.

Can't help but remember my soccer days in college, a basketball player playing soccer.

As a basketball player, we always aspire to break away from our man and catch the ball alone for a free lay in to the basket.

You can't do that in soccer. What?

Soccer has a different rule we call offside.

If you can't still understand this rule, you have company in me. It is still an enigma to me.

Anyway, my soccer days were cut short by a Samoan who thought my foot is the soccer ball and kicked it so hard. Damn.

Got 28 days in the hospital in a cast, with lots of signatures from the frat brods in it.

So how can Edu's shot came to be called an offside? Proceed now to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offside_(association_football)

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