[oldalum]

Thanks old alum.  Aprreciate

I found a much better angle view in this highlights video.
Right as the video first hits 2:30, the receiver is clearly behind the defender (i.e. onside) but is overtaking the defender (by hitting play and quickly stop, the video progresses in fractions of a second). When the ball is struck (still with 2:30 on the video clock), the offensive player has pulled even with or maybe a tiny bit ahead of the defender (easier to judge on this video because of the small angle of the camera and because of the horizontal line of the box). I would say it was a very close call and can't say that the side ref (who the video shows was in the exact correct position to make the call) was wrong.

[oldalum]

Thanks old alum.  Aprreciate

I found a much better angle view in this highlights video.
Right as the video first hits 2:30, the receiver is clearly behind the defender (i.e. onside) but is overtaking the defender (by hitting play and quickly stop, the video progresses in fractions of a second). When the ball is struck (still with 2:30 on the video clock), the offensive player has pulled even with or maybe a tiny bit ahead of the defender (easier to judge on this video because of the small angle of the camera and because of the horizontal line of the box). I would say it was a very close call and can't say that the side ref (who the video shows was in the exact correct position to make the call) was wrong.