Was this one Offside?

Runner Ref said:

That wouldn’t be classed as a deliberate play by the defender.

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So the last gullet point in the guidance to the Law overrides all all others, even if all the other four conditions are met? In that case, does it mean any defensive header can never be in control?

I’m not arguing, just want to make sure I get it right and am consistent.

I found some clips on deliberate play.

JamesL said:

How does US college do it? Assume it's not sanctioned by FIFA? They don't normally like people going off and doing their own thing unaffiliated.

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In the US, scholastic sports are generally not affiliated. Neither college nor high schools use the Laws. They each have their own rule book, just like they do in other sports. (In HS, I think part of the reason is that selling the rule books is part of how the national association is funded, so they have an incentive not to just use the Laws. But both books adhere pretty closely to the Laws—there used to be a lot more differences than there are today.

Missed offside interfering with an opponent in the Northampton v Peterborough match the other day. Not one person appealed for it. Video from a certain angle looks pretty clear. Pleased it was missed, mind.

socal lurker said:

I cannot fathom how they got OS on review. Love to hear what the thought process was. The only thing I can think is getting caught up on the the position at the time of the touch by the defender, but that’s an awfully big mistake for someone doing this level of game—and shouldn’t have taken very long.

I believe the video review in US college is completely different from FIFAs VAR model. I don’t believe there is a VAR. I believe it is a challenge system, and the R goes to look at the video with the help of a technician. Perhaps someone on here knows the actual details.

While US college has its own rule book, I don’t believe there are any OS differences that would matter here.

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Just to follow up in case anyone was interested . . . College does not actually use coach challenges. It is completely up to the to R to decide if he wants to go to the monitor to look at a reviewable call. And he works with a technician to get feeds, not another official. So my guess is that the Q the R thought to look at was play vs deflection, and there aren’t the same joking of protocols as with IFAB to go through all elements.

The college rule set, which includes the VAR process, is largely controlled by coaches. And they are unlikely to go to a true VAR because of the cost—there just isn’t the money in US college soccer to support it. So they have this ******* model that real,y just doesn’t work very well at all.