I don’t think that you watch soccer very much.
I don’t, and part of that is because the offside rule is so annoying. Every other sport with a similar layout makes the defensive player catch up, either stop the pass or reduce shooting options. Soccer lets the rule book bail out the defensive player by making it against the rules to pass him before you get the ball. It eliminates exciting plays, punishes good players capitalizing on mistakes, and rewards bad players by making getting caught out of position a good thing. Most of the soccer fans I know, including guys raised in England and Mexico, think the rule sucks both because it’s over complicated and it outlaws good play.