#2 and #10 did not clearly obstruct the view of the goalkeeper. The keeper has a clear view of player that kicked the ball which is evident because the keeper starts moving as soon as the ball is kicked and started to move back to save the ball before either of those players got near her. Go to the PRO Referee website and look at the examples of clearly obstructing the view of an opponent, the positioning of #2 and #10 would easily NOT meet the criteria. And, I am not sure how the AR would be able to determine the #2 or #10 clearly obstructed the view. No way could the AR make that call. That would be a CR call.
As for your second statement, “#2 attempted to play the ball impacting the defense (defender goes to her instead of playing ball)
(p.205-207 of 18/19 LOTG).” That is a complete misinterpretation of Law 11 and has no bearing on the offside call. It never fails that in every training session some knucklehead asks the question, “the offside player influenced the defender to move toward them.” Every time the US Soccer Instructor says that is not one of the criteria to determine offside. Yes, every time.
The Referee crew got the call wrong and it should have been a goal. Yes, referees sometimes make mistake even when they get together and talk. If you don’t believe me send a copy of the two videos and your post to Randy.
Randall Reyes
State Director of Instruction
Lawfive01@yahoo.com