U.S. Soccer Referee Position Paper: July 26, 2007

[hawkdalian]

Good call!

[1q3er5]

wow this is tuff. both sides would have good cases

[ExRhody]

The call seems good to me, i believe the player interfered with the keeper

[AntoKneeo619]

if the team mate would have not moved then the goal would have been good, but since she moved she messes up with the concentration of the goalie, you can see how the golie doesntknow who will score..there fore ther was part of the play, the call was correct!! OFFSIDE

[jroy375]

Looks from this angle like the scorer was NOT in an offside position, but her teammate was. However, no offense should be accorded under Law 11 since the player in the offside position did NOT:

1. Interfere with play.

2. Interfere with an opponent.

3. Gain an advantage from being in that position.

Therefore, the goal should have been allowed... Unfortunately, it was an extremely difficult play to call for the AR, since the onside player was blocking his/her view of her offside teammate.

[Deandre0068]

US Soccer says no goal but I just don"t understand how she in not involved in the play!

[kevinantunes]

goal incorrectly disallowed

[pokermank4]

Just read the position paper on the USsoccer website, they make it clear that the goal should have been allowed.

[GayNicholas]

B.S. call Um that player was right in front of the keeper in an offside position she may not have touched the ball but she was certainly actively involved in the player.

[zShuyin1]

Not offsides, can't tell if the girl that WAS offside participated or not. Tough call at game speed though!

[Guapwong]

Im not American, but it was not offside!

[ionavalanche]

such a bad video, i cant see shit

[Alexthebarbarian]

It's easy for an AR to jump an incorrect call. It's double the pressure doing international games. If I were the center I would have ignored the flag, but I can understand why he called it since the girl in the offsides position made it look a lot like she chested the ball when it came to her.

[jcesar17]

dude, it's offside.

[thsparks54]

The center should have waved down the flag. In this situation, the AR has to wait to see who actually gets the ball as long as an opponent is not interferred with. The Donavon video is the same thing. An AR that is too hasty in his call and gets it wrong.

[Onebaseman]

Looked to me like she got in the way of a defender.

[HCUS3]

What a B.S. call. I'm a ref, I should know.

[xterrasr4life]

You don't know!