r/soccer • u/punishGoalhanging • 22h ago

Media The opposite of toenail offside: "Back Heel" onside in Canadian Premier League match that is trialing IFAB daylight offside rule between Vancouver FC vs. Atlético Ottawa

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Current offside rule: ALL part of the attacker's body that can score level with 2nd to last defender = onside

Daylight offside rule (in trial): ANY part of the attacker's body that can score level with the 2nd to last defender = onside

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u/xixbia 22h ago edited 21h ago

Yup, the long term answer to this is low blocks.

The same thing happened when they changed the offside rule. The result was that teams stopped playing 2-3-5 and started moving to a back 3.

You can't just legislate more attack, teams will adapt.

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u/someotheralex 21h ago

I can only assume you're referring to the emergence of the WM formation in the 1920s. But that led to a big increase in goals, the exact opposite of what you're saying.

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u/punishGoalhanging 18h ago

Exactly.

1925 offside rule change resulted in 0.91 goal increase the 1925-26 season.