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he put the flag up as soon as the ball was played.the offside player was not involved in the play.not rally close to it.i have seen some that would call it and some wouldnt.some wouldnt know to.
great game by both sides.



The question is: What was the intention of the player passing the ball? If their intention is to pass to a player and that player is offsides, even if the ball gets deflected (or the pass is bad) and the offsides player never receives it, it can still be called offsides.

One thing about soccer officiating, the calls are extremely subjective. Almost every call will have differing opinions because every call is practically an official's judgement call.

Heck, there are even different standards between boys rules and girls rules. You never see an official say "the handball was inadvertant" in a boys game, but in a girls game, they are allowed to make that distinction because the girls are allowed to protect themselves using their arms.