The law governing its modern application has 45 clauses and runs to more than 1,000 words. A former Premier League referee ...

The beautiful game would be very ugly if offside didn't exist. At the World Cup you'll see it often.

Offside rule in soccer faces pushback every World Cup cycle, but here's why it exists originally appeared on The Sporting ...

Offside is one of soccer’s most confusing rules, but the basic idea is simple once you know what referees are looking for.

Soccer, otherwise known as football, is a relatively simple sport. Eleven players play on each team who, aside from the goalkeeper, can't touch the ball with their hands and must put the ball in the ...

As the World Cup approaches, one of soccer’s most elusive phrases will pop up again and again on televisions across the country. You’ve heard it, you may claim to understand it, but what exactly is ...

The biggest single culprit in Iran’s failure to advance to the knockout phase is a weird idiosyncracy to the offside law that ...

Offside is one of soccer’s most debated rules, especially when a goal is called back. A player can be in an offside position without actually committing an offside offense. The call usually depends on ...