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Originally Posted by Meelapo
Is there a good website where I can learn about soccer? I have no idea how offside works, what the positions are, why you call substitutions, etc. All I've been doing is going to wikipedia and I've learned what the heck a 'transfer' is (it's like a trade but a trade and then you get to sign a new contract and the team that you are transferred too has to pay a crap ton of money). I've been playing that manager mode hoping that would force me to learn things but then I have to understand player positions, formation styles, etc. It's rather confusing!
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This forum is probably a good place to start Meelapo!
Offside is very complicated in now they have different phases and active and inactive players but ultimately it's defined as this:
When the ball is played forward - the attacking player must have at least two players between him and the goal line. So one defender and a keeper or two defenders (see disallowed Mexican goal opening day World Cup last summer). Think of it as a floating blue line where the blue line goes from touchline to touchline on the last defender up to the centre line.