When Sporting Kansas City takes the field tomorrow night in the 2016-17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, it will do so under a different set of rules than the MLS regular season. In May, the International Football Association Board published the new laws of the game that includes a notable change to the denial of a goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO) rule. These laws will not go in to effect for Major League Soccer until the start of the 2017 season, but all Champions League matches will take place under the new laws.
The key law changes to be aware of are as follows:
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