Of course - if you are in your own half, you can't be offside. I was interpreting that 'starting your run' meant when you started to move forward, regardless of where you were when the ball was actually played. For example, in the above diagram, the attacker would have been offside if the...
Well - to take the other side, the defender only headed the ball because she was marking Kerr - who was in an off-side position (or had come from an off-side position). That's pretty clear 'influencing play'.
Like all rules, once you step away from black-and-white (or was it over the line or...
Re: Why do people "hate" soccer?
OK. It's taken me a long time to work out what I don't like about soccer - I've watched it for years (I'll watch any sport), but now I'm a bit picky about where I waste my time and soccer doesn't make the cut. And I know why.
This will sound stupid, but...
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