{"id":67546,"date":"2026-02-27T15:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/mlss-experimental-rule-changes-that-cut-time-wasting-sped-up-play-are-going-global\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:55:53","slug":"mlss-experimental-rule-changes-that-cut-time-wasting-sped-up-play-are-going-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/mlss-experimental-rule-changes-that-cut-time-wasting-sped-up-play-are-going-global\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS&#8217;s experimental rule changes that cut time-wasting, sped up play are going global"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Ifab is set to adopt changes at meeting this weekend <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>MLS added timed sub, off-field treatment rules in 2024<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>New rules could make for faster play at the World Cup<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Four years ago, MLS Next Pro implemented a pair of rules geared towards eliminating time-wasting. Now, just months ahead of the 2026 World Cup, MLS\u2019s experimentation is set to be adopted globally. The International Football Association Board (Ifab), the sport\u2019s rule-making body, is set to meet this weekend and is widely expected to adopt both changes.<\/p>\n<p>The first of the two, commonly referred to as the timed substitution rule, forces a team to play a man down for a minute if a player takes longer than 10 seconds to leave the pitch. The second of the guidelines, dubbed the off-field treatment rule, removes a player from the match for a minute if they spend more than 15 seconds on the ground after an injury.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/feb\/27\/mls-rule-changes-ifab-time-wasting\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ifab is set to adopt changes at meeting this weekend MLS added timed sub, off-field treatment rules in 2024 New rules could make for faster play at the World Cup Four years ago, MLS Next Pro implemented a pair of rules geared towards eliminating time-wasting. Now, just months ahead of the 2026 World Cup, MLS\u2019s &#8230; <a title=\"MLS&#8217;s experimental rule changes that cut time-wasting, sped up play are going global\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/mlss-experimental-rule-changes-that-cut-time-wasting-sped-up-play-are-going-global\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about MLS&#8217;s experimental rule changes that cut time-wasting, sped up play are going global\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}