By now you’ve probably seen the footage. Columbine High School junior Dylan Prichett-Ettner runs onto a long ball, flips over the goalkeeper, sticks the landing and finishes the easy tap-in.
The goal was disallowed because Prichett-Ettner was ruled offside.
But a new angle of the play provided by shows compelling evidence that the goal should have stood.
By rule, the attacking player must be in an onside position when the ball is struck. An onside position means two defenders must be between the attacking player and the goal. The goalie counts as one of the two defenders, so one field player needs to be between Prichett-Ettner and the goal when the ball is played.
In the new video, Prichett-Ettner is not in the frame when the ball is struck, but when he first comes into frame, it appears the ThunderRidge central defender keeps him in an onside position.
“From the angle of the video, and really from all angles where I was standing on the sideline, it’s really inconclusive,” said Columbine High School coach Zach Martin. “They did call it a step or two before the flip over the goalkeeper.”
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