American Soccer League (MLS) approved some rules to be implemented in the 2024 season aimed at speeding up the game and one of them is already beginning to be called the “10 second” law because it determines that a replaced player must leave the field of play in that fraction of time at most.
The MLS, which gained importance with the arrival of the world champion Lionel Messi to Inter Miami, will resume next February and adopted new measures aimed at speed up the gamewith the 10 second rule being the most important.
In that sense, if the time it takes for a player to leave the field exceeds 10 seconds, the player who replaces him must wait one minute outside the field to enter. and the team will be outnumberedexplained the MLS in a statement.
The only exceptions to this rule will be substitutions of the archers or those that are forced by a injury.
Another measure adopted to speed up matches is that if a footballer remains down on the playing field for more than 15 seconds, indicating an injury, the referee will ask that he be removed from the field so that he can be evaluated by doctors, therefore who will remain off the field for a minimum of two minutes.