Seattle, WA - Major League Soccer, today, instituted a “mandatory shot on goal” rule after Real Salt Lake went through in the MLS playoffs without having a single recorded shot on goal.

"We are hereby mandating that the winning team must register at least one shot on goal,” stated the MLS press release. “If the winning team does not have a shot on goal by the end of the game, they will lose and be docked 100k in GAM.”

Officials in MLS were reportedly aghast that the game would finish with one of their favorites getting knocked out by a team with 38% possession and zero shots on goal.

“If we are to be one of the best leagues in the world by 2030, we have to clean up our act” said Don Garber, commissioner of Major League Soccer. “We can’t just have our favorites knocked out by statistical oddities and oddball plays. Our favorites must dominate the league.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as the league introduces the +1 home higher seed goal rule that allows any home higher seed with a large home crowd to increase their goal count by 1 at any time.