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Message: [QUOTE="meyers7, post: 4021549, member: 343"] Well the offside line moves continually, and the forwards jobs are to push that line as much as possible. To get in behind and also to make more space for the midfield to operate. You will see a lot of really good forwards walk that line and they do tend to get quite a few offside calls on them. As you've probably noticed soccer is a game where scoring is difficult, which makes the goals more meaningful compared to a lot of other sports. So the forwards are always trying to get in behind the defense. And they will easily give up some offside calls for that one time it works perfectly and they score. (But sometimes they are just lazy and don't get back onside in time.) The difficulty in staying Onside has to do with the forwards aren't necessarily watching the line. They spend a lot of time watching their teammate and trying to time the pass with the run. And the defense practices a lot of moving that line up (offside trap). So it's not easy to get the timing right (not easy for the defense to get the timing right either). They both practice it quite a bit. Today though, Press did try to step back onside before she took off, just didn't quite make it. [/QUOTE]