The running attacker is in an offside position at the time the ball is passed/played to him by his teammate. This attacker is clearly “nearer to his opponents’ goal line” than the second-to-last opponent at the time the ball is played. Furthermore, this offside positioned attacker “interferes with play” because he plays/touches the ball passed to him by a teammate. At the time the ball is passed, a sufficient amount of the offside positioned player’s body is past the second-to-last defender to indicate there is no benefit of doubt for the attack. As a result, the goal should be disallowed and an indirect free kick awarded to the defending team for an offside infraction.
At least that gives FCD fans an official ruling, although that’s little comfort for the lost point I’m sure.
The point is to have some modicum of justice. No we don’t get our points back, but it rightly calls out the officials lapse in judgment and lets our team know they lost through no fault of their own. That can give a team more confidence in their play.
buzz,
what’s the point of FCD, or whomever, trying to get a ruling on that goal, if it will have no affect on the match result?
seems like we could move into the 21st century and employ video review.
Dustin,
The point is to have some modicum of justice. No we don’t get our points back, but it rightly calls out the officials lapse in judgment and lets our team know they lost through no fault of their own. That can give a team more confidence in their play.
It seems as though it’s always FC Dallas that gets screwed. And it’s usually the Rapids who benefit from it. Every time.
At least we know there is some sort of review process and some semblance of accountability.
Dustin, the USSF Referee Program is to assist referees. Every week they review marquee plays for lower level referee’s to look at and learn from.
This was not an appeal or ruling sought by FCD. The USSF RP just chose it to show to it’s referees.
I like the fact that they reviewed it no matter if we get the points or not…
Now hopefully they will start to hold some of the poor excuses for referees we have in MLS accountable for their decisions…
Sorry still steamed about the poor refereeing in the Seattle v Houston match and the performance of the MLS officials in the World Football Challenge…