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USA/Colombia Copa America match to debut brand new IFAB rule changes

The United States and Colombia will kick off the Copa America Centenario on Friday and when they do they'll be making history of sorts. Their match will be the first ever to apply some new rule changes made by the International Football Association Board (IFAB).

Several new rules will be tweaked slightly. However one major change will affect the "double jeopardy" rule. In the past when a denial of an obvious goal scoring opportunity (DOGSO) happened inside the penalty area, a red card would be issued to the offender and a penalty kick would be awarded.