The assignments for Week 9 of the 2018 Major League Soccer season: 04/27/2018 Vancouver Whitecaps v Real Salt Lake BC Place (10:30PM ET) REF: SORIN STOICA AR1: JEFF HOSKING AR2: CHRIS WATTAM 4TH: DANIEL RADFORD VAR: ALEX CHILOWICZ 04/28/2018 Atlanta United v Montreal Impact Mercedes-Benz Stadium (1PM ET) REF: CHICO GRAJEDA AR1: NICK URANGA AR2: JASON WHITE 4TH: CHRISTOPHER PENSO VAR: JORGE GONZALEZ Toronto FC v Chicago Fire BMO Field (3PM ET) REF: ALAN KELLY AR1: BRIAN DUNN AR2: LOGAN BROWN 4TH: NIMA SAGHAFI VAR: KEVIN TERRY JR Philadelphia Union v D.C. United Talen Energy Stadium (3:30PM ET) REF: ARMANDO VILLARREAL AR1: MATTHEW NELSON AR2: KYLE LONGVILLE 4TH: ROBERT SIBIGA VAR: CHRISTINA UNKEL Columbus Crew v San Jose Earthquakes MAPFRE Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: FOTIS BAZAKOS AR1: CJ MORGANTE AR2: GIANNI FACCHINI 4TH: JOSEPH DICKERSON VAR: YOUNES MARRAKCHI New England Revolution v Sporting Kansas City Gillette Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: DAVE GANTAR AR1: PHILIPPE BRIERE AR2: OSCAR MITCHELL-CARVALHO 4TH: DREW FISCHER VAR: GEOFF GAMBLE Minnesota United v Houston Dynamo TCF Bank Stadium (8PM ET) REF: TED UNKEL AR1: ADAM WIENCKOWSKI AR2: KEVIN KLINGER 4TH: RUBIEL VAZQUEZ VAR: YUSRI RUDOLF LA Galaxy v New York Red Bulls StubHub Center (8:30PM ET) REF: ALLEN CHAPMAN AR1: ANDREW BIGELOW AR2: IAN ANDERSON 4TH: ALEJANDRO MARISCAL VAR: TIM FORD 04/29/2018 Colorado Rapids v Orlando City Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (4PM ET) REF: JOSE CARLOS RIVERO AR1: COREY PARKER AR2: KYLE ATKINS 4TH: DANIEL RADFORD VAR: EDVIN JURISEVIC New York City FC v FC Dallas Yankee Stadium (6:30PM ET) REF: ISMAIL ELFATH AR1: KATHRYN NESBITT AR2: ERIC WEISBROD 4TH: MARCOS DEOLIVEIRA VAR: JORGE GONZALEZ Los Angeles FC v Seattle Sounders Banc of California Stadium (9PM ET) REF: KEVIN STOTT AR1: BRIAN POESCHEL AR2: CAMERON BLANCHARD 4TH: BALDOMERO TOLEDO VAR: ALEX CHILOWICZ
Regular season match counts for this week's referees and assistant referees: VAN vs RSL: S Stoica - 74th [J Hosking - 125th, C Wattam - 3rd] ATL vs MTL: H Grajeda - 159th [N Uranga - 27th, J White - 63rd] TOR vs CHI: A Kelly - 87th [B Dunn - 97th, L Brown - 40th] PHI vs DC: A Villarreal - 96th [M Nelson - 94th, K Longville - 29th] CLB vs SJ: F Bazakos - 73rd [C Morgante - 168th, G Facchini - 65th] NE vs SKC: D Gantar - 56th [P Briere - 95th, O Mitchell-Carvalho - 57th] MIN vs HOU: T Unkel - 60th [A Wienckowski - 195th, K Klinger - 82nd] LA vs RBNY: A Chapman - 115th [A Bigelow - 53rd, I Anderson - 187th] COL vs ORL: J C Rivero - 97th [C Parker - 142nd, K Atkins - 56th] NYC vs DAL: I Elfath - 110th [K Nesbitt - 38th, E Weisbrod - 66th] LAFC vs SEA: K Stott - 316th [B Poeschel - 124th, C Blanchard - 46th]
has anyone noticed any patterns with the VAR assignments, in that are certain VARs paired with certain Rs? That would make sense over the course of the season if they were pushing for team-work over consistency, but if they value consistency league-wide over teamwork, then I suppose mixing it up as much as possible would be beneficial. I know the NFL has tried it both ways, and now has a hybrid approach with the Video official part of the crew but working through a guy in NYC. Just curious if MLS is leaning one way or the other on this.
MLS leans toward minimizing travel costs. Every VAR this week is either in their own time zone or a pretty simple flight out of it. Last week was even more obvious as Mendez and Terry Jr. were the only two with any significant travel. So it's a de facto "mixing it up" approach.
Does anyone else think that it is counter-productive that World Cup referees are not reffing games for several weeks leading up to the competition? One would think that FIFA would want the referees to have reffed a high-level game in the weeks leading up to the World Cup.
No. It’s much more important that they train together for consistency’s sake. Also, remember that about 70% of the officials going don’t regularly work with VARs. So getting that technical training is far more important than a couple extra domestic league matches. Also, it’s not several weeks. They will be back working in May.
I know for the 2014 WC the referee's arrived early but they were doing fitness, trainings, and getting acclimated to the conditions. Like in the other thread (UEFA referee) they have nothing to gain and something to lose if they have a controversial game like Oliver's and then head into a WC with that clout over there head.
The LA Galaxy-not a fan of VAR. http://www.espn.com/soccer/la-galax...ttack-on-var-after-loss-to-new-york-red-bulls
Some changes have been made to today's assignments. Marcos DeOLIVEIRA takes over as referee for COL vs ORL. Robert SIBIGA slides in as 4th official for NYC vs DAL Source: R Sibiga
Tail of two halves in this one. He let a lot go in the first and then cracked down in the second. Orlando did a better job of adjusting than Colorado. Have to see a replay of the collision in the 70-71st minute between Boateng(Col) and Johnson (Orl). Boateng hit the ground out could but was called for the foul, thought it could have easily been a yellow if not a red the other way, but to be fair I was sitting 6 rows deep on the other side of the field.
I've been at work so I couldn't watch too closely, especially in the second half, but it felt really obvious to me that he was thrown on the match without much preparation time.
does persistent infringement by a team against a player not exist anymore? Vela's getting whacked at every opportunity.
https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/m...ork-city-fc-vs-fc-dallas/details/video/151346 Here was a VAR assisted handling call for a penalty in NYFC vs FCD. After the review, a penalty was given. FCD #3 turns his back in an attempt to block a shot from around 4 yards away. His arm extends outward while twisting around. Its brought in closer to his body at the point the ball makes contact with the forearm, but apparently not close enough to keep the "make yourself bigger" box from being checked for Elfath's point of view. The replay gives the appearance of his arm being thrown in the path of the the shot. That probably is what did it.
You're right-- persistent infringement was removed from Law 12 in the recent changes. But that was a smart @$$ answer, as they replaced it with "persistent offences" (no specific number or pattern of offences constitutes 'persistent')," and as far as I can tell, there was no change other than the wording. (And, of course, it was always USB not PI when it was different players targeting a particular opponent.) But in serious terms, I don't know that it has oft been used at high levels. Yes, we see it on occasion, but it has always seemed to get talked about more in the context of "how was that not enough to trigger it" than in actually observing it being enforced.
Kevin Stott still refereeing MLS like it's 1996. Remarkable to not book Alonso on that tackle while he's already sitting on a caution. Old habits die hard I guess...