offside
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Without these subjective judgements, you would have to penalise every player just for being in an offside position - even if they were not close to the opponent.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Returning to the statistics since January 2022, she has been caught offside far more than anyone else, despite not playing as many minutes as most.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Mavropanos thought he had made amends for his 15th-minute own goal when he headed home El-Hadji Malick Diouf's free-kick midway through the first half, but he was ruled to be just offside.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Lindsey Heaps had her seventh-minute opener disallowed by referee Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi, who believed Ingrid Engen and Ada Hegerberg were in an offside position in front of Arsenal keeper Daphne van Domselaar.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
She wanted her defense to move up the field and to stay even with one another, in order to draw the offside calls on the faster competition.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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