In the 27th minute of Saturday’s game between the Colorado Rapids and the Portland Timbers, Axel Sjoberg went to ground trying to stop an incoming shot. The shot ended up hitting off his hand before bouncing to an offside Portland player who tapped it in. Since he was offside, the goal was brought back and a PK was given along with Sjoberg getting a red.
In the time since the play, people have had all sorts of opinions on what the correct call would have been in this situation, so I’m going to take a stab at it while drawing on my five years of refereeing experience.