[ayso45-refs] Perennial question: offsides rule, yet again

[Daniel Edelson]

(Tried sending this once but didn't see it. Trying again. Apologies if this is a duplicate.)

Last weekend I ref'd a U10B game. A parent became irate with me for not calling an offside infraction. An attacker was in an offside position and the ball rolled near them, well within playable range. The attacker did not play the ball nor block line of sight of a defender, so neither the AR nor I called offsides. A parent griped that since the player in an offside position could have played, we should have declared offsides.

Ruling?

Thanks.