Atlanta United vs Toronto FC Mercedes-Benz Stadium (7PM ET) REF: Christopher Penso AR1: Jeffrey Greeson AR2: Chris Elliott 4TH: Fotis Bazakos VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero AVAR: Jozef Batko Columbus Crew vs LA Galaxy MAPFRE Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: Rubiel Vazquez AR1: Andrew Bigelow AR2: Gjovalin Bori 4TH: Jon Freemon VAR: Daniel Radford AVAR: Eric Weisbrod Chicago Fire vs New England Revolution SeatGeek Stadium (8PM ET) REF: Tim Ford AR1: Adam Garner AR2: Cory Richardson 4TH: Ted Unkel VAR: Edvin Jurisevic AVAR: Peter Manikowski New York Red Bulls vs Montreal Impact Red Bull Arena (8PM ET) REF: Alex Chilowicz AR1: Brian Dunn AR2: Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho 4TH: Robert Sibiga VAR: Alejandro Mariscal AVAR: Tom Felice 05/10/19 Vancouver Whitecaps vs Portland Timbers BC Place (10PM ET) REF: Allen Chapman AR1: Logan Brown AR2: Michael Kampmeinert 4TH: Elvis Osmanovic VAR: Silviu Petrescu AVAR: Joshua Patlak 05/11/19 FC Cincinnati vs Montreal Impact Nippert Stadium (1PM ET) REF: Joe Dickerson AR1: Apolinar Mariscal AR2: Claudiu Badea 4TH: Victor Rivas VAR: Sorin Stoica AVAR: Cory Richardson FC Dallas vs New York Red Bulls Toyota Stadium (2PM ET) REF: Drew Fischer AR1: Philippe Briere AR2: Gianni Facchini 4TH: Tim Ford VAR: Dave Gantar AVAR: Jonathan Johnson Toronto FC vs Philadelphia Union BMO Field (3PM ET) REF: Ramy Touchan AR1: Jeremy Kieso AR2: TJ Zablocki 4TH: Pierre-Luc Lauziere VAR: Edvin Jurisevic AVAR: Robert Schaap LA Galaxy vs New York City FC Dignity Health Sports Park (4PM ET) REF: Christopher Penso AR1: Brian Poeschel AR2: Felisha Mariscal 4TH: Ismir Pekmic VAR: Ricardo Salazar AVAR: Cameron Blanchard Columbus Crew vs Los Angeles FC MAPFRE Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: Nima Saghafi AR1: Adam Garner AR2: Jeff Hosking 4TH: Sergii Demianchuk VAR: Jorge Gonzalez AVAR: Jeff Muschik New England Revolution vs San Jose Earthquakes Gillette Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: Guido Gonzales Jr AR1: Kathryn Nesbitt AR2: Kyle Longville 4TH: Michael Radchuk VAR: Yusri Rudolf AVAR: Thomas Supple Chicago Fire vs Minnesota United Fc SeatGeek Stadium (8PM ET) REF: Marcos DeOliveira AR1: Jeffrey Greeson AR2: Jose Da Silva 4TH: Greg Dopka VAR: Daniel Radford AVAR: Peter Balciunas Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (9PM ET) REF: Robert Sibiga AR1: Jeremy Hanson AR2: Jason White 4TH: Baldomero Toledo VAR: Rosendo Mendoza AVAR: Craig Lowry Seattle Sounders vs Houston Dynamo CenturyLink Field (10PM ET) REF: Alex Chilowicz AR1: Eduardo Mariscal AR2: Chris Elliott 4TH: Elvis Osmanovic VAR: Alejandro Mariscal AVAR: Joshua Patlak 05/12/19 Atlanta United vs Orlando City Mercedes-Benz Stadium (2:30PM ET) REF: Rubiel Vazquez AR1: Corey Rockwell AR2: Eric Boria 4TH: Tim Ford VAR: Kevin Stott AVAR: Logan Brown D.C. United vs Sporting Kansas City Audi Field (7PM ET) REF: Alan Kelly AR1: Matthew Nelson AR2: Nick Uranga 4TH: Fotis Bazakos VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero AVAR: Eric Weisbrod
I'm glad to see DeOliveria still out there. It seems like PRO has been hitting on people having too low a threshold on VAR reviews, so it makes no sense for them to meanwhile bench Marcos for having too high a threshold.
I'm for giving people chances to learn, but I strongly disagree with your rationale here for allowing him back. Both incidents he was involved with he not only was informed of a potential clear and obvious error (that PRO agreed with the VAR), but he ignored the VAR referee. Shows he either doesn't know how to be a part of a team, and/or that he has too much of an ego to admit a mistake, something that isn't congruent with a VAR world. I hope he does well with his new assignments and has learned from his past mistakes. Time will tell.
Yep. First MLS assignments for him and Sergii Demianchuk. 2nd for Pierre-Luc Lauzierre after a gap of 3 years or so.
Call me crazy, but putting Demianchuk, on his first match ever, as FO with Porter given this week may not be the most strategic appointment.
Maybe it's because he owed us a goal from last year's NYRB game (when he missed in real time and Gieger failed to suggest review on BWP throwing himself to the ground to "earn" a PK), but I thought Penso did a great job of very quickly making the right decision in the ATL v. Toronto game and giving a card for diving to Ossorio. Sitting 60 yards away, I was sure we'd given up a PK.
RSL v COL No clips yet as match is going on - Sibiga using VAR for two key incidents so far in the first 35 minutes (1) VAR used to award a PK for RSL in the 26th min (2) VAR used to downgrade a red to yellow against RSL in the 35th min or so
Either I really don't understand the "clear and obvious error" standard or the officials don't. The red card certainly didn't look improper to me. That was a pretty "orange" card type of challenge.
That tackle was very low. It’s not a red at this level. At speed, you can see why the red is given. But that’s a good use of VAR. I’m actually a bit more surprised the penalty was given. It’s definitely a justifiable foul. I just don’t know if it meets the clearly wrong threshold established so far this year.
so you think the red was clearly and obviously wrong? Seemed more borderline to me here's the video https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/m...rapids-vs-real-salt-lake/details/video/193262
Given the standards at this level, yes. No MLS referee would look at that clip on video and say “red.” This is different than, say, the Larentowicz tackle in Atlanta last year. That was defensible and more borderline, despite what PRO ultimately said.
OK then. I've always had a problem with that line of thinking (dangerous fouling is allowed in pro leagues that's not allowed anywhere else), but if that's the way it's supposed to be... I probably need to stop watching.
But what makes it “dangerous?” It’s reckless. It’s a very low point of contact. It’s one leg. It’s not straight. There’s really nothing here that ticks the box for red other than speed.
is the speed not enough to make it dangerous? His leg looks pretty straight to me at the point of contact
VAR got a workout tonight in Colorado. Two PKs, a red rescinded, and a goal disallowed. The Rapids were on the wrong side of the call 3 times but I didn’t see anything from the stands that was obviously wrong with the decisions. My fellow fans weren’t so generous.
The main point of complaint is the non-red card, saying that its 100% a red card because the studs were up (other fans, not me, saying that).