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Message: [QUOTE="stamfordhusky, post: 4021973, member: 649"] I follow them very closely. And I know that they have rarely had this many offside calls and certainly never have had nearly as many goals disallowed. For example, in the 2019 World Cup's final five games - Netherlands, Britain, France, Spain, and Sweden - the U.S. was called for offside 11 times - about 2 per game. Thus far in this Olympics, they are being called for about 6 offsides per game - almost three times as many. In 2018 games against top teams, the offside totals were also much lower than in this year's Olympics. I am not worried about the occasional closely timed run where there is a close offside. But I am definitely concerned about the many offsides in this competition where the culprit was wandering around well behind the 2LD and seemingly oblivious to where the defenders were. [/QUOTE]