A manoeuvre in which players in the defending team push upfield in order to put one or more opposing players into an offside position.
Example sentencesExamples
- They even told him where to stand in the offside trap.
- He was renowned for building his team on the meanest of rearguards, perfecting the offside trap along the way.
- Coventry made a complete hash of an attempted offside trap to give Wiltord his chance in the 23rd minute.
- He either doesn't understand the offside trap or is just lazy.
- He was also repeatedly caught out by a well-policed offside trap.