03/12/22 New York City FC vs CF Montréal Yankee Stadium (1PM ET) REF: Armando Villarreal AR1: Ian Anderson AR2: Logan Brown 4TH: Thomas Snyder VAR: Carol Anne Chenard AVAR: Claudiu Badea Columbus Crew vs Toronto FC Lower.com Field (1:30PM ET) REF: Ismail Elfath AR1: Corey Parker AR2: Kyle Atkins 4TH: Ismir Pekmic VAR: Geoff Gamble AVAR: Peter Manikowski Inter Miami CF vs Los Angeles FC DRV PNK Stadium (1:30PM ET) REF: Ted Unkel AR1: Corey Rockwell AR2: Ryan Graves 4TH: Alyssa Nichols VAR: Jorge Gonzalez AVAR: Robert Schaap Seattle Sounders vs LA Galaxy Lumen Field (3:30PM ET) on FOX REF: Allen Chapman AR1: Jeremy Hanson AR2: Jeff Hosking 4TH: Greg Dopka VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero AVAR: Joshua Patlak Houston Dynamo vs Vancouver Whitecaps PNC Stadium (6:30PM ET) REF: Pierre-Luc Lauziere AR1: Adam Wienckowski AR2: Jeffrey Swartzel 4TH: Eric Tattersall VAR: Kevin Stott AVAR: Fabio Tovar D.C. United vs Chicago Fire Audi Field (7:30PM ET) REF: Rubiel Vazquez AR1: Andrew Bigelow AR2: Kevin Klinger 4TH: Luis Arroyo VAR: Kevin Terry Jr AVAR: Diego Blas New England Revolution vs Real Salt Lake Gillette Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: Drew Fischer AR1: Kathryn Nesbitt AR2: Gianni Facchini 4TH: Sergii Demianchuk VAR: Fotis Bazakos AVAR: Eric Weisbrod Orlando City vs FC Cincinnati Exploria Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: Chris Penso AR1: CJ Morgante AR2: Cameron Blanchard 4TH: Nima Saghafi VAR: Alejandro Mariscal AVAR: Nick Uranga Philadelphia Union vs San Jose Earthquakes Subaru Park (7:30PM ET) REF: Victor Rivas AR1: Matthew Nelson AR2: Jeffrey Greeson 4TH: Marcos DeOliveira VAR: Chico Grajeda AVAR: Peter Balciunas FC Dallas vs Nashville Toyota Stadium (8:30PM ET) REF: Ramy Touchan AR1: Brian Dunn AR2: Gjovalin Bori 4TH: Jeremy Scheer VAR: Jon Freemon AVAR: Jennifer Garner Colorado Rapids vs Sporting Kansas City Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (9PM ET) REF: Alex Chilowicz AR1: Jeremy Kieso AR2: Adam Garner 4TH: Ricardo Fierro VAR: Rosendo Mendoza AVAR: TJ Zablocki Portland Timbers vs Austin FC Providence Park (10PM ET) REF: Joe Dickerson AR1: Mike Rottersman AR2: Chris Elliott 4TH: Brad Jensen VAR: Daniel Radford AVAR: Rene Parra 03/13/2022 Atlanta United vs Charlotte FC Mercedes-Benz Stadium (3:30PM ET) on FS1 REF: Guido Gonzales Jr AR1: Jason White AR2: Ian McKay 4TH: Nima Saghafi VAR: Edvin Jurisevic AVAR: Fabio Tovar New York Red Bulls vs Minnesota United Red Bull Arena (6PM ET) REF: Lukasz Szpala AR1: Jose Da Silva AR2: Tyler Wyrostek 4TH: Thomas Snyder VAR: Carol Anne Chenard AVAR: Claudiu Badea
It was only appropriate that a Canadian was in the middle for the Snow Bowl in Foxborough, wasn’t it? My wife and I are watching the replay of this game at half of the Timbers-Austin game. She is beside herself that they even played it. I told her the bar to call off a game is way higher than a youth game.
1) Several of the Revolution players immediately complained after the tying goal that the ball was not stationary on the free kick as a gust of wind caused it to move: https://www.boston.com/sports/new-e...ive-revolution-loss-real-salt-lake-snow-game/ https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nevsrsl-03-12-2022/ This was the referee crew response (summing it up that the movement of the ball was trifling): “First: At the taking of the free kick, the focus of the officiating team is primarily on the block of players challenging in the penalty area. There is negligible movement of the ball just prior to it being kicked however this was not seen by the officiating team; Second: This incident is outside the VAR Protocol and the VAR is not permitted to intervene.” 2) Nice job by Fischer not calling a PK on RSL's first goal (announcers claim he had the whistle in his mouth) and letting play go on for a few seconds as the ball went to a teammate for a goal.
“The ball was moving. They looked at it and they said it didn’t move. We have the most inefficient use of VAR, probably, in the world,” said Arena. Proving, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that Arena does not regularly watch EPL (or any other top leagues). Not that he should have the time to, necessarily. But making this claim is just laughable. Even more so when he’s lying about them saying they looked at it and it didn’t move (as the referee statement says it did move but they couldn’t look at it—the exact opposite of what Arena asserts). Just all-around hot garbage from Arena in that quote.
I'm sure playing in a blizzard wasn't fun for anyone. Looks like the DR crackdown is already over. RIP.
Yeah, very early in ATL v CLT, player called for a foul winged the ball down the field. I think he might have gotten a warning. The NY v MIN game has been very testy. Both teams are mad about everything. I feel bad for this referee. The players seem to feel the need to haze the rookies. I don't know why anyone does this job.
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well it looks like it to me but to your point, no, not clearly in the penalty It sure seems like the referee has a good enough look at it (makes the "No!" hand signal after the play) - I am curious what the procedure is if it was clearly in the penalty area? Do they say "you think you saw this but you REALLY need to look at this again?" Apologiesf this has all been addressed in the last few years and I just missed it
the R always has the decision on whether to look, but it would be very unusual for an R to not look if the VAR recommends it. The Rs signal of no HB has nothing to do with whether the VAR recommends an OFR for a clear and obvious error.
He puts his whistle to his mouth before making that "NO" signal, so he definitely saw something. My guess is he's seen the contact but convinced himself, before whistling, that it wasn't a punishable handball. The VAR intervention line here is pretty basic. If she can establish A) it's clearly a punishbale handball and B) it's clearly in the penalty area, she sends it down. If she can't establish both, she can't send it down. I think we all agree the A box is checked. But unless there's a better angle available, B isn't. In fact, there might be an angle that actually shows it's clearly outside (I'm just speculating on that). Long way of saying this one falls on the referee, not the VAR.
What are everyone’s thoughts on the hand ball penalty that WAS given in NYvMIN? My gut reaction was penalty, but the more I looked at it, the less unnatural the position of the arm looked. The arm moves outwards a little but to me it looked natural as the defender was turning to shield the attacker. It can be given, but clear and obvious? Am I off track here?
I'm not going to seek out the video (I was there live), but there were multiple DR moments in Chapman's SEA/LAG game - standing on top of the ball, tossing it high and away, kicking it away on the field, etc. - by players with a YC and by players without - all of them were ignored.
The current view, at least in MLS, seems to be that HB is inherently C&O because there are clear guidelines. Shrug. I think that's nuts, but that seems to be the application.
Just saw that MLS issued a mass confrontation warning to Charlotte for the game against Atlanta. The video doesn't really do justice to the amount of shihousery that Charlotte was doing through the game. https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/char...ng-for-violation-of-mass-confrontation-policy The PK sequence was a mess - mass confrontation, players entering the cleared out box to mess with Josef standing over the ball while the ref gave instruction to the keeper, another mass confrontation. Lots of contact with the ref throughout the game. The disallowed AUFC goal in the 1st half was a mess as well Atlanta United's goal was disallowed because of this foul by Josef Martínez pic.twitter.com/eYC7zv8LhS— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) March 13, 2022 I'm assuming that the ref was close enough and felt Alonso's shove to the defender was clear enough for the call. But that level of contact happens in 90% of set pieces in the league without a quick whistle. #21 sticking a leg out to trip Joself was after the push, but was a bad look as part of the same play. As an Atlanta fan, the result was fair and I'm happier with breaking their hearts than having them chase a 2 goal lead, so...
http://proreferees.com/2022/03/18/2022-inside-video-review-mls-3/ Both OFR for PK should not have been given per PRO Allowing the free kick while the ball was moving was an error but not reviewable (as has been discussed here)