Arsène Wenger’s ‘daylight offside rule’ is on trial in Canada. Will it work?

Source: The Guardian Link: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/05/canada-cpl-offside-rule-trial-wenger Published: May 05, 2026 Keywords: Canada The Frenchman believes the rule change will make the game more open and exciting. If it succeeds in the Canadian Premier League it could go global When Alejandro Díaz scored, he did not realize he was making history. It was only hours after his club’s 2-2 draw with the Halifax Wanderers – a hard-fought match in which the Pacific FC striker grabbed the opener with a left-footed volley – that he learned that he had become the first professional player to score as a result of the so-called daylight offside rule. Continue reading... --- This article was automatically collected by the Observatory News Scraper.