05/01/19 Philadelphia Union vs FC Cincinnati Talen Energy Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: Guido Gonzales Jr AR1: Nick Uranga AR2: Kathryn Nesbitt 4TH: Rubiel Vazquez VAR: Alan Kelly AVAR: Jozef Batko 05/03/19 Colorado Rapids vs Vancouver Whitecaps Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (9PM ET) REF: Alex Chilowicz AR1: Jeff Hosking AR2: TJ Zablocki 4TH: Lorant Varga VAR: Edvin Jurisevic AVAR: Jonathan Johnson 05/04/19 New York Red Bulls vs LA Galaxy Red Bull Arena (2PM ET) REF: Nima Saghafi AR1: Adam Wienckowski AR2: Jose Da Silva 4TH: Rosendo Mendoza VAR: Silviu Petrescu AVAR: Thomas Supple Houston Dynamo vs FC Dallas BBVA Compass Stadium (4PM ET) REF: Alan Kelly AR1: Claudiu Badea AR2: Matthew Nelson 4TH: Victor Rivas VAR: Christina Unkel AVAR: Jozef Batko Orlando City vs Toronto FC Orlando City Stadium (4PM ET) REF: Robert Sibiga AR1: Nick Uranga AR2: Gjovalin Bori 4TH: Christopher Penso VAR: Jorge Gonzalez AVAR: Alicia Messer Montreal Impact vs New York City FC Saputo Stadium (5PM ET) REF: Baldomero Toledo AR1: Eric Boria AR2: Jason White 4TH: Kevin Broadley VAR: Ekaterina Koroleva AVAR: Peter Manikowski Philadelphia Union vs New England Revolution Talen Energy Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: Joe Dickerson AR1: Jeremy Hanson AR2: Ian McKay 4TH: Marcos DeOliveira VAR: Sorin Stoica AVAR: Robert Schaap D.C. United vs Columbus Crew Audi Field (8PM ET) REF: Ted Unkel AR1: Philippe Briere AR2: Felisha Mariscal 4TH: Mark Allatin VAR: Kevin Terry Jr AVAR: Kathryn Nesbitt Minnesota United vs Seattle Sounders Allianz Field (8PM ET) REF: Tim Ford AR1: Brian Dunn AR2: Cory Richardson 4TH: Guido Gonzales Jr VAR: Ricardo Salazar AVAR: Eric Weisbrod Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers Rio Tinto Stadium (9PM ET) REF: Ramy Touchan AR1: Corey Rockwell AR2: Benjamin Hall-Volpenhein 4TH: Farhad Dadkho VAR: Edvin Jurisevic AVAR: Jeff Muschik San Jose Earthquakes vs FC Cincinnati Avaya Stadium (10PM ET) REF: Dave Gantar AR1: Mike Rottersman AR2: Diego Blas 4TH: Elton Garcia VAR: Daniel Radford AVAR: Peter Balciunas Los Angeles FC vs Chicago Fire Banc of California Stadium (10:30PM ET) REF: Fotis Bazakos AR1: Brian Poeschel AR2: Chris Wattam 4TH: Alejandro Mariscal VAR: Kevin Stott AVAR: Fabio Tovar 05/05/19 Sporting Kansas City vs Atlanta United Children’s Mercy Park (9PM ET) REF: Allen Chapman AR1: Logan Brown AR2: Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho 4TH: Rosendo Mendoza VAR: Geoff Gamble AVAR: Joshua Patlak
How many games has Diego Blas had? I know he did a Dynamo game last year, but I don't know if he's done more.
I actually didn't realize he was in the mix beyond his emergency assignment last year. Clearly I've lost a bit of the pulse of south Texas since I got injured.
Per FIFA referee, no females to be used as VAR at WC bc they were not trained by FIFA. So even those with domestic experience won’t be used in that capacity.
We'll see if that holds. I don't think FIFA has said they definitely will not use women in the VOR. They've just said they are inviting a bunch of male VARs to take part as VARs-only. Koroleva (and Steinhaus) are sort of in the same position that Geiger was last year... invited as referees who also happen to have VAR experience when there is an entire group of "VAR-only" officials. All that said, I don't see this assignment as WC prep. She had 5 MLS VAR assignments last year. This is her first this year. If PRO was trying to prep her for a tournament appointment we've known about all season, this wouldn't be her first MLS VAR assignment. Her prep is--appropriately--coming in NWSL and USL as a referee.
Lots of VAR in Colorado-Vancouver last night. A PK give by VAR and a goal erased by it. Plus a non-VAR PK and a non-VAR red card.
The Red Bulls won 3-2, with the winning goal by Derrick Etienne Jr. when Brian White was offside. VAR overturned it and made it a goal. Twellman said that White in involved in play in that he was in front of the goalkeeper. He said it should be offside. After the VAR, Twellman said it should be a goal because the goalkeeper moved the opposite direction as the ball. I don't know what referees here will think. Is there a difference between these? 1. A goalkeeper wanting to move and being unable because of an offside player 2. A goalkeeper staying still rather than moving to the ball because he couldn't see the ball to know where to go because his view was blocked by an offside player 3. A goalkeeper diving the wrong way where the ball would have gone in without the defender in front of the goalkeeper
1. I don’t know what you mean by being unable to move. If the OSP player physically interferes with the ability of the GK to move, he has committed an OS infraction. 2. Blocking the vision of the GK such that he cannot make a play on the ball would be interfering with an opponent and warrant an OS call. 3. I don’t understand the scenario. Being generally in front of the GK is not enough. The GK being worried about the OSP player is not enough. The Laws are very specific and limited about when an OSP player can be called for OS without challenging for or touching the ball. As described (I haven’t seen the play) I suspect that the AR flagged because he thought the OSP player blocked the GKs vision. The VAR and the R looking at the video apparently disagreed. (Side note: I would generally expect there to have been talk between the AR and the R on a vision blocking call, as the AR has a crappy angle. So it may be the R who initially thought the vision was blocked, and changes his mind seeing the replay.)
So is Will Trapp. The second review is easy. I can’t wait to hear how the first review went. If it’s the call on Zardes, it’s a misapplication of VAR protocols. That seems unlikely. If it’s the call on Trapp... well, given PRO just said the foul on the goalkeeper 8 yards from the net didn’t meet the VAR threshold last week... that’s going to be a tough call for PRO to defend.
Ignore Twellman on this one. His heart was in the right place, but nothing he said helped alleviate confusion. White was clearly in an offside position. To be penalized for offside in this type of situation he either had to touch the ball (which was never really discussed and much closer than it looked but probably didn’t happen), challenge his opponent for the ball (didn’t happen), obstruct the vision of the goalkeeper (didn’t happen, though again, at the actual moment the ball was played this was somewhat close) or make a clear action that had an impact on an opponent. This last one is really the only one that LA could credibly claim. If White’s movements had an affect on the defender or goalkeeper, you might be able to claim offside. But it’s a weak argument here. I can see why the VAR and referee opted to allow the goal. Now, two things... Specific to Twellman, he was trying to explain the vision thing or at least thinking about it. He made a good practical argument, but it’s not exactly how the Law works. His argument was essentially that the goalkeeper’s vision was not obstructed because he dove the other way. That’s not exactly how it works. More importantly, that’s only one way that offside could have been triggered. Second, in UEFA, this definitely would have been offside. Referees have been instructed that being in an offside position and near the goalkeeper while standing in the goal area is enough to trigger offside (for the “clear impact”) clause. To my knowledge, this is not an interpretation being taught by PRO. So this is one of those weird situations where this goal gets allowed in MLS but ruled out in Champion’s League.
First time that I can remember watching Ramy Touchan and overall quite impressed. He has a relatively low foul threshold, but I thought his game and man management were great. Hope to see more of him.
I thought when it first happened that the ball may have hit the player in the offside position on the way into the goal. But it was actually the defender's foot. So maybe the AR saw a touch but wasn't sure who touched it? In the end I thought it was correct to allow the goal.
Squinting through the jungle of legs on the only angle we have, I *think* Trapp probably kicks Acosta's foot, but the severity is extremely questionable and was probably embellished. Curious if there was another good non-broadcast angle that would help with the force perspective.
Trapp 100% kicks Acosta in the left foot. This is what causes Acosta to go down. It’s a foul. I’m no Unkel fan, but we’ve all been there when players zig when we expect them to zag. It happens. These things are the result of being close to the play, which is, by and large, a good thing. The angle of the replays I’ve seen make it tough to see, but I’m pretty certain Unkel doesn’t even contact Acosta.
1 is what I meant. For 3 I mean that if the GK needed to move left to save the ball, cannot move left due to an OSP, and chose to move right because he didn't know where the shot was going. IOW, his failure to save the ball had nothing to do with the PIOSP.
Anyone know why the game tieing goal was disallowed in the Houston vs. Dallas match in stoppage time? Can't tell if it was via VAR or on the field originally. The highlights don't really explain much.