The next wave of soccer’s rule evolution arrived on the Eastern side of the Atlantic on Saturday, as the new “Daylight Offside” rule allowed a goal for the first time in the Canadian Premier League.
The top division of Canadian soccer, the eight-team CPL, is the first league to use the experimental rule, as initially set out by former Arsenal manager and now FIFA Chief of Global Football Development, Arsène Wenger. The rule allows the attacking player to be in a traditionally offside position, as long as one part of their body that can be used to score is equal to or behind the second-to-last defender.
