08/04/2018 Atlanta United v Toronto FC Mercedez-Benz Stadium (4PM ET) REF: Armando Villarreal AR1: Kyle Atkins AR2: Cameron Blanchard 4TH: Marcos Deoliveira VAR: Guido Gonzales Montreal Impact v D.C. United Stade Saputo (7:30PM ET) REF: Ismail Elfath AR1: Adam Garner AR2: Brian Dunn 4TH: Nima Saghafi VAR: Yusri Rudolf Orlando City v New England Revolution Orlando City Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: Chico Grajeda AR1: Logan Brown AR2: Andrew Bigelow 4TH: Rosendo Mendoza VAR: Rubiel Vazquez FC Dallas v San Jose Earthquakes Toyota Stadium (8PM ET) REF: Dave Gantar AR1: Frank Anderson AR2: Nick Uranga 4TH: Silviu Petrescu VAR: Ramy Touchan Minnesota United v Seattle Sounders TCF Bank Stadium (8PM ET) REF: Drew Fischer AR1: Joe Fletcher AR2: Felisha Mariscal 4TH: Joseph Dickerson VAR: Katja Koroleva New York City FC v Vancouver Whitecaps Yankee Stadium (8PM ET) REF: JC Rivero AR1: Brian Poeschel AR2: Jose Da Silva 4TH: Tim Ford VAR: Mark Geiger Colorado Rapids v LA Galaxy Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (9PM ET) REF: Sorin Stoica AR1: Ian Anderson AR2: Danny Thornberry 4TH: Victor Rivas VAR: Younes Marrakchi Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City BBVA Compass Stadium (9PM ET) REF: Christopher Penso AR1: Apolinar Mariscal AR2: Mike Rottersman 4TH: Alejandro Mariscal VAR: Daniel Radford Real Salt Lake v Chicago Fire Rio Tinto Stadium (10PM ET) REF: Kevin Stott AR1: Jeffrey Greeson AR2: Gjovalin Bori 4TH: Malik Badawi VAR: Kevin Terry Jr. Portland Timbers v Philadelphia Union Providence Park (11PM ET) REF: Alan Kelly AR1: Matthew Nelson AR2: Jeremy Hanson 4TH: Farhad Dadkho VAR: Alex Chilowicz 08/05/2018 New York Red Bulls v Los Angeles FC Red Bull Arena (6PM ET) REF: Allen Chapman AR1: Corey Rockwell AR2: Jeremy Kieso 4TH: Mark Geiger VAR: Jorge Gonzalez Geiger returns with a local 4th official before having the whistle next Tuesday between Real Madrid and Roma in New Jersey.
I believe that's the first VAR assignment for Radford. I wonder if he'll transition to that when he's tired of fourths.
Can I ask a Grade 8 question here? (Did the field work today -- classroom session is tomorrow. Got a 96 on a practice test. Did worse on some the AReferee.com tests with questions like "A substituted player is not not throwing the ball at a opponent when he runs onto the field and also trips him. A dog then eats the ball. What is the appropriate restart?") Anyway -- the question is on the PK in the Atlanta game in which the Toronto keeper (Bono) brought down the Atlanta attacker. So why was that not a DOGSO red? Checking the four Ds ... - Direction: The ball, the attacker and the defender were all in front of the goal between the posts. No real direction question. - Defenders: Not in the vicinity. - Distance to goal: This was in the goal area. - Distance to ball: This is where it might be trickiest. Perhaps the ref was thinking the attacker wouldn't have gotten to it? I wasn't able to find a clip.
It was DOGSO yellow. It was DOGSO in the penalty area but the GK attempted to play the ball. So it's a PK and yellow since 2016.
Of course, there's a question of whether it should have been a foul, but if it's called, yellow is appropriate.
I like Elfath, but Villarreal looks like the guy to follow in Geiger's footsteps at the international level. I guess the next 4 to 8 years will tell us.
Also, Jair Benitez (DAL) got sent against Houston for a similar foul years ago. Don't recall any complaining from the Dynamo fans on THAT one!
Appeared that he gave the 3rd red without an OFR because the fans were throwing things at him when he approached the monitor. I suspect an "undisclosed" fine will be heading Houston's way.
Probably a $5K fine, no further punishment or games missed for any of the people who were sent off, and a worded statement about how this behavior isn't tolerated.
Or a complete reversal of all the cards and a statement from PRO saying their refs made a mistake. I’m just going with recent trends.
I’d love to see MLS or US Soccer make Houston play its next home game in an empty stadium, but that would mean publicly backing its officials. We all know that won’t happen.
Thoughts on this yellow card in Orlando yesterday? It seems a pretty clear cut DOGSO to me, especially when you freeze frame the moment the foul began. https://i.imgur.com/xtIFAgN.mp4
Maybe not, because another defender is gaining? Incidentally, for those who were pushing me to go ahead and take up the whistle myself -- I made 100 on my Grade 8 exam today. Even the question about the corner kick that travels the length of the field and rolls into the kicking team's goal.
I know others have chimed in that DOGSO Yellow is the correct call, but I wanted to elaborate. For a regular defender, basically any play with the arms (pushing, pulling, etc) is a DOGSO Red but because a keeper can legally use his arms, those are not applicable when making an attempt to slide tackle and play the ball. Of course, a keeper could be sent off for a DOGSO Bear Hug, but more likely it's going to be a play like this one which should be a yellow.
Just to clarify, that is not remotely anywhere in the LOTG. Not that I necessarily disagree with you in spirit and application.
For a bit more clarity, I think that what @rh89 is trying to say is that if a GK dives at an opponent's feet with their hands and misses the ball, but trips up the player... This is still a trip, not a hold.
Start watching at the 2:00 minute mark. I think we almost had our first goal disallowed due to a missed penalty kick decision on the other end via VAR. Only due to some inexplicably bad finishing we didn't. There was no real way to prevent this as the counter attack happened so fast that there is no way for the VAR to review this fast enough to get the referee to stop play. I'm just pointing this out, because it again shows just how lucky FIFA got that something like this didn't happen at the World Cup.
How many red cards for violent conduct were given via VAR this weekend in MLS? Three or four? Yet there wasn't one in 64 games at the World Cup. Paying attention to MLS after the World Cup just shows you the chasm between use of VAR in the World Cup and MLS. It is so drastic.