Part of the attacker's body is extending goalside past the second to last defender's body at the time the ball was passed to him.


People always say the last defender, but it's the second to last defender. The law is that there must be at least two opposing players between a player and the goal at the time a ball is played to him. This rule does not apply on throw ins or if the ball is played from the attacker's own half of the field.

Saturday. So excited.

Ok, I don't follow soccer. No biggy.

So now they say it is single elimination....win and move on, lose and go out. Understandable.

What happens with a tie? Or will they keep playing, like OT until there is a winner?

Well, I was excited.


But I'll be at the TCU-K State game so I'll be watching from my phone I guess...

Extra time and penalties if necessary

There is no tie. They play the regulation time. If there is no winner, they add two 15 minute periods. If it is still tied, then they do a shootout - first to 5. If it is still tied, they go one one one until a winner happens.

Two OT periods of 15 mins. If still tied it goes to penalty kicks. A goal in extra time does not automatically make that team the winner they play the full time.

If it goes to overtime, two 15 minute halves. If it’s still tied, it goes to penalty kicks. It’s not golden goal, so it’s not like first person to score in the overtime wins, they play the full 30.

BWillie watches a lot of other sports and is still known for having terrible takes.

No ties at this point. It's going to be really fun here on out.

I am glad they got rude about of golden goal .

No they lost so they have to pick one person from their family to get stoned to death. Only get goats if you win

Would be fun to look into a crystal ball and see what these guys can put together for 2026

I've always wondered if there's not a defensive strategy to 'force' an offsides call.

I mean, if the 'back' defender rushes forward as the ball is being played, could he not effectively wreck the play? And because of that, doesn't it take a TON of starch out of the possible run? Afterall, it would seem to make a hard crash from the forward all but impossible when you have to worry about the defender 'creating' an offsides.

Is there a "no, your defenseman was a dipshit and ran himself out of the play" exception to this rule?

It's the biggest struggle I've had with soccer rules. You can know enough about hockey for most of soccer to make sense, but an offsides being determined by a moving target has always been tough to wrap my head around.

Was it 02 or something when South Korea hosted and went on a monster run?

That could be us