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I kind of like what Alex Morgan did. (Original Post) El Supremo Jul 2019 OP
I don't follow soccer and this series is exciting!!............ mitch96 Jul 2019 #1
There are some really good youtube videos that explain offsides. nocoincidences Jul 2019 #2
one I have struggled with for years but I think I am finally understanding rurallib Jul 2019 #4
Pretty much the same as hockey. Cuthbert Allgood Jul 2019 #5
I think the addition of the VAR is a great idea. 3catwoman3 Jul 2019 #9
Is she a Tea Party member? highmindedhavi Jul 2019 #3
I liked it, too. Cuthbert Allgood Jul 2019 #6
It's a direct clapback to Piers Morgan. . . DinahMoeHum Jul 2019 #7
It looks more like she's smoking... 3catwoman3 Jul 2019 #8

mitch96

(13,895 posts)
1. I don't follow soccer and this series is exciting!!............
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 08:49 PM
Jul 2019

I'm looking up rules and different plays... Like the off sides thing has me baffled. A head of the ball? behind the ball?
Still fun to watch..
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nocoincidences

(2,218 posts)
2. There are some really good youtube videos that explain offsides.
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 08:52 PM
Jul 2019

I watched one the other day and finally 'got it' visually, not just intellectually, and today I caught it happening visually for the first time!

If you know what I mean, and are a "visual" processor, watch the videos.

rurallib

(62,411 posts)
4. one I have struggled with for years but I think I am finally understanding
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:00 PM
Jul 2019

My SIL who played HS soccer really stumbled trying to explain it to me.

Cuthbert Allgood

(4,921 posts)
5. Pretty much the same as hockey.
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:26 PM
Jul 2019

That probably doesn't help, though. What happens after the off side is different in hockey, though.

3catwoman3

(23,975 posts)
9. I think the addition of the VAR is a great idea.
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:56 PM
Jul 2019

With scoring opportunities as limited as they are in this sport, a lousy ref call has disproportional influence.

I've been watching soccer for about 25 years now, and everytime I think I understand the offside rule, some ref calls it badly and confuses me yet again.

Cuthbert Allgood

(4,921 posts)
6. I liked it, too.
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:27 PM
Jul 2019

It was kind of a double thing, too. It's England and they got crap for celebrating to vigorously. Nicely played, Alex.

DinahMoeHum

(21,784 posts)
7. It's a direct clapback to Piers Morgan. . .
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 09:32 PM
Jul 2019



He's getting destroyed in Twitter World.

Me, I say he can go eat a bag of Yankee musket balls (Independence Day coming up, doncha know?)

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