In lamens terms what is offsides in soccer?

Answer 1

Offsides is easy. The guy on offense can not be behind the last guy on defense until the ball is in the air.

Answer 2

Offsides in soccer is determined when the ball is kicked rather than when the player receives the ball. In order to be offsides, a player must be on their attacking half of the field, be involved in the play, and be closer to the goal line than the ball and any of the opposing team's players. Offsides does not apply on corner kicks, throw ins, and goal kicks. If offsides is called, the opposing team gets a free kick wherever the offsides player was when he was offsides. If the player is level with his last opponent, he is not offsides.

Answer 3

Offsides in soccer is determined when the ball is kicked rather than when the player receives the ball. In order to be offsides, a player must be on their attacking half of the field, be involved in the play, and be closer to the goal line than the ball and any of the opposing team's players. Offsides does not apply on corner kicks, throw ins, and goal kicks. If offsides is called, the opposing team gets a free kick wherever the offsides player was when he was offsides. If the player is level with his last opponent, he is not offsides.

Answer 4

OK....first of all - you can NEVER be offside in your own half of the field, on a corner kick and on a throw in.

so, offside is:
AT THE TIME THE BALL IS PLAYED (that is,
when it's passed to another player), the player RECEIVING the ball, MUST BE IN LINE WITH (NOT AHEAD OF) at least TWO players of the opposing team.
Most people think that it's the keeper plus ONE other player that puts you offside, but that's not so. Usually the keeper is always by the goal, so he will be AHEAD OF YOU already, hence only one other player must be aligned with you, WHEN THE BALL IS PLAYED TO YOU, and you then would be onside.
So it can be two fullbacks, two forwards, whatever.
As long as YOU are aligned with at least TWO players when the ball is played to YOU, then it doesn't matter if the keeper is even by the goal.
Got it ? ;-) Hope that helped.

Answer 5

It is a violation called on the offense when the offender is past the farthest-back defender (closest defender to the goal, obviously not including the goalkeeper). If he's past all defenders he is offsides and a pass made to him or a goal he scores won't count since the violation was already in effect. However, he can be past all defenders if the ball goes past before he does. Then any territory the ball crosses past the defenders it sort of "free", I guess, and he can go there.

There's something else about blocking goalies, that ended up voiding Damarcus Beasley's would-be winning goal in the Italy game, but I'm not totally sure what happened there.

Answer 6

In lamens terms....when a member from the other team is closer to the goalie then his defenders before the ball is kicked to him...so if he is behind the defenders and the ball comes to him he is offsides

Answer 7

Offside means the recipient of the pass receives the ball while in the position ahead of the fallback. Without this ruling, any player could just station himself beside their opponent goalie and just wait for the ball to be passed to him.

Answer 8

When you pass the ball to someone who doesn't have a defender in front of them. That is a rule so someone doesn't just stay by the goal the whole time, get a long pass and score.
I hope that is simple enough for you!

Answer 9

Off-side is called when the ball is passed behind the recepient player. A pass in valid only when the ball is passed ahead of the recepient player.

Answer 10

that's when the team A's player goes beyond the team B's defenders' line....it's cheating if team A's player sneaked behind the team B's defenders to try to score the goal....