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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
As a former H.S. (13 yrs) soccer official, and a H.S. (39 years) and college (36 yrs) basketball officials I would love to see offsides removed from the rule book. Offsides only protects teams who play poor defense and penalizes teams who play good offense.
MTD, Sr.
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I disagree. It is not good offense when you are guilty of offside infractions.
And it would make playing defense, and even offense, incredibly difficult. One thing I enjoy about soccer is the methodical attack where the 10 field players work together and move the ball up as a unit, backs make runs into the attacking third, and the defense becomes a part of a potent attack. I now question how this would work if, after one mistaken touch by the attacking team, the defending team can clear a ball to the cherry-picking striker hanging out on the opposite 18 yard line. This would make a team much less likely to attack with defenders -- something that I see as good soccer.