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Rule Offsides In Soccer
Christian Chala
ENG 101
Ms. Borman
27 Aug. 2014
Offsides
Offsides is a concept used in a variety of well known sports. If you 're one of the hundred of millions of people who watch the World Cup every four years, then the rule of “offsides” can be pretty confusing. It is definitely one of the most important concepts in the game of soccer and it is also very important in sports like football, ice hockey, field hockey, and rugby. After you read this essay you will feel pretty knowledgeable about the rule offsides.
Offsides in soccer is when a player is in the opponents half and that player is closer to the goal than the last defender, and if a teammate decides to play that player a ball while he is still in that position then he is considered …show more content…
Back in very early nineteenth century sometimes offsides would be considered when a player is just in front of the ball. One of the first written rules of offsides was found in an early nineteenth century book at a university, it is defined as “If the ball has passed a player and has come from the direction of his own goal, he may not touch it till the other side have kicked it, unless there are more than three of the other side before him. No player is allowed to loiter between the ball and the adversaries ' goal” (“Offsides: association football”). In the 1990s FIFA officially updated the modern rule of offsides to what it is …show more content…
In soccer, if there was no rule of offsides then a player could just stand by the goal without any defenders on you and wait for your team to pass the ball to you and then it’s just you versus the goalie. In football, a player could easily leave the line of scrimmage and run down field with no one on him. That player could receive a long field pass and be free to go down to the end zone with no problem. Offsides in rugby is when a player is in open play and no player can be ahead of him or else he is considered offsides. Ice hockey offsides is when a player enters his offensive zone before the puck does, and same with field hockey. When players are in offsides position they have a hugely unfair advantage to the other team and that is why offsides is a very important ruling and will continue to be a very important rule in
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