Last Updated: December 15, 2023, 12:25 IST
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The Major League Soccer will observe new off-subject therapy guidelines in 2024, designed to improve the general velocity and effectivity of the sport.
Major League Soccer’s heads on Thursday authorised the introduction of new guidelines for accidents and substitutions subsequent season designed to velocity up play.
The measures got the inexperienced gentle at a gathering of the league’s board of governors on Thursday.
From subsequent season, a brand new off-subject therapy rule will likely be adopted throughout the US skilled soccer league.
Under the protocol, referees will halt play when a participant with a suspected damage stays down on the sector of play for 15 seconds or extra.
The participant in query will then be faraway from the sector for additional therapy on the sidelines, for a interval of at the least two minutes earlier than being permitted to return.
The two-minute rule is not going to be enforced for accidents which are attributable to a yellow or pink card offense. Exceptions are additionally granted for goalkeeper accidents and head accidents.
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The damage protocol has been trialed efficiently in MLS Next Pro, the developmental league affiliated with MLS. Since the system was launched, stoppages have plummeted from six per match to 1.22, in accordance to ESPN.
Another new measure authorised Thursday will drive substituted gamers to exit the sector of play inside 10 seconds.
Failure to depart throughout the 10-second restrict will drive the substitute coming onto the pitch to wait 60 seconds, that means the group making the change will likely be quickly down a participant.
The solely exceptions to the rule will contain substitutions pressured by damage, or goalkeeper substitutions.
Other measures adopted on Thursday embody in-stadium Video Assistant Referee bulletins. The rule, which should be authorised by FIFA’s lawmaking arm, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) will see VAR choices introduced by the referee to followers in the stadium.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
