The offside call is often as consequential a call as a foul inside the penalty box in a soccer match. It’s often the reason a goal gets overturned. Or two goals. Video replay showed dos Santos onside ...

When it comes to soccer, the term "offside" is infamously confusing. The rule has to do with offensive players' positions ...

Novice fans don’t understand it. Longtime fans claim to understand it, but then openly disagree about it. Referees and their assistants are trained to spot it, but often have to turn to replays to ...

It might be the most intimidating rule to learn as a new fan of the game. Even for the diehards, it inspires heated debates on a near-weekly basis. That's right: it's the offside rule. With the 2026 ...

As Ted Lasso said to Trent Crimm when the British journalist asked the American coach if he could explain the offside rule in the second episode of the Apple TV show: “It ain’t easy to explain, but ...

Arsene Wenger’s offside rule has quietly moved from theoretical debate to a proposal that could reshape how soccer is played at the very highest level. What once sounded like a radical idea is now ...

FIFA has unveiled new offside technology that could significantly reduce delayed flag decisions at the 2026 World Cup, with ...

With 64 games to be played in the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup in November, the last thing anyone needs is to stop the games to review penalties. FIFA’s newest bit of nifty tech should hopefully help ...

Top soccer officials in the Netherlands are potentially planning to abolish the offside rule at the amateur level of the game. The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) claims that the move could ...