10/20/20 Nashville vs FC Dallas Nissan Stadium (8:30PM ET) REF: Silviu Petrescu AR1: Kathryn Nesbitt AR2: Walt Heatherly 4TH: Dave Gantar VAR: Drew Fischer AVAR: Brooke Mayo
FYI this is the only game MLS will consider to be "week 20" so we may want to add week 21 (Thursday–Sunday) to this thread for simplicity's sake.
10/22/20 Seattle Sounders vs Portland Timbers CenturyLink Field (10:30PM ET) REF: Ismail Elfath AR1: Corey Parker AR2: Cory Richardson 4TH: Farhad Dadkho VAR: Chris Penso AVAR: Joshua Patlak
Elfath inadvertently took Jordy Delem out of the game with a reverse clothesline and/or elbow. Really unfortunate.
Never seen anything like that. I've had positioning issues with youth players before but this was something different. Elfath himself seemed a bit hurt but clearly stayed in the match. Hope Delem is okay.
10/23/20 Nashville vs New England Revolution Nissan Stadium (8:30PM ET) REF: Robert Sibiga AR1: Brian Poeschel AR2: Brooke Mayo 4TH: Tori Penso VAR: Dave Gantar AVAR: Jozef Batko
10/24/20 Inter Miami vs Orlando City Inter Miami CF Stadium (3:30PM ET) REF: Allen Chapman AR1: Jeffrey Greeson AR2: Claudiu Badea 4TH: Elvis Osmanovic VAR: Dave Gantar AVAR: Jozef Batko Atlanta United vs D.C. United Mercedes-Benz Stadium (4PM ET) REF: Armando Villarreal AR1: TJ Zablocki AR2: Jose Da Silva 4TH: Sergii Demianchuk VAR: Chris Penso AVAR: Craig Lowry New York City FC vs Montreal Impact Yankee Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: Ramy Touchan AR1: Eric Weisbrod AR2: Adam Garner 4TH: Adam Kilpatrick VAR: Guido Gonzales Jr AVAR: Gjovalin Bori Chicago Fire vs New York Red Bulls Soldier Field (7:30PM ET) REF: Ismir Pekmic AR1: Frank Anderson AR2: Peter Manikowski 4TH: Nima Saghafi VAR: Edvin Jurisevic AVAR: Eric Boria FC Cincinnati vs Minnesota United Nippert Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: Malik Badawi AR1: Cameron Blanchard AR2: Peter Balciunas 4TH: Silviu Petrescu VAR: Alan Kelly Philadelphia Union vs Toronto FC Subaru Park (7:30PM ET) REF: Jair Marrufo AR1: Brian Dunn AR2: Kyle Atkins 4TH: Luis Arroyo VAR: Daniel Radford AVAR: Tom Supple
Houston Dynamo vs Columbus Crew BBVA Stadium (8PM ET) REF: Joe Dickerson AR1: Chris Elliott AR2: Kevin Lock 4TH: Elijio Arreguin VAR: Jorge Gonzalez AVAR: Jonathan Johnson Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids Children’s Mercy Park (8:30PM ET) REF: Drew Fischer AR1: Ian McKay AR2: Matthew Nelson 4TH: Victor Rivas VAR: Sorin Stoica AVAR: Tom Felice Real Salt Lake vs FC Dallas Rio Tinto Stadium (9:30PM ET) REF: Alex Chilowicz AR1: Jeremy Hanson AR2: Benjamin Hall-Volpenhein 4TH: Michael Radchuk VAR: Alejandro Mariscal Vancouver Whitecaps vs San Jose Earthquakes Providence Park (10PM ET) REF: Marcos DeOliveira AR1: Corey Rockwell AR2: Mike Rottersman 4TH: Rosendo Mendoza VAR: Younes Marrakchi AVAR: Joshua Patlak
Anyone see the larger context to this? https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/m...mi-cf-vs-orlando-city-sc/details/video/245741 Did Nani's behavior get addressed at all? Because, whew... that isn't good. In other news, looks like Cincinnati got screwed late again from an incorrect referee decision. Don't like to see those go against the same team in a row like that. I'm sure it will lead to some calls about VAR reviewing corner kick decisions.
I’ve long thought that was a “when” not “if” logical expansion for VAR. video review tends to expand, and as expansions go, that wouldn’t be huge. You’d expect it to be rare that it caused a meaningful delay (should not require an OFR) and it can be a significant decision. (I’m not advocating, but I think it is an inevitable expansion. I’m still in the camp that we’re better off without VAR, but I don’t see any real world future in which that will happen.)
10/25/20 Los Angeles FC vs LA Galaxy Banc of California Stadium (3:30PM ET) REF: Kevin Stott AR1: Andrew Bigelow AR2: Jason White 4TH: Tim Ford VAR: Guido Gonzales Jr AVAR: Gjovalin Bori
You seriously expect this to get addressed by the league or the referee involved? Certainly, the referee involved wouldn't do anything about it. There might be three or four referees in the entire league that would do anything about which is produce a red card there. Didn't Nani last year practically head butt a referee or came within inches of headbutting a referee and maybe only got a yellow? What you allow, you encourage. Why wouldn't he push the boundaries of how he treats referees?
He attempted to headbutt a Rapids player in front of the ref. Go no card and the DisCo took no action.
It was Nani who chest bumped Pierre-Luc Lauzière in the latter's debut match. He was cautioned but later suspended for 2 games to start the 2020 season. The headbutting incident was against a player and was not sanctioned as Jason noted above. I can't remember if PRO wanted it reviewed, though.
In a rare game on ABC, the announcers said replay showed LAFC lost the ball out of play that should have given an LAG corner kick, but there wasn't a call, and LAFC scored, which was helped by the attacker being kept onside by an LAG player arguing that the ball had gone out. Taylor Twellman said that the VAR must have ruled that the entire part of the ball touching the ground was out, but some of the ball above the ground was in play or was inconclusive. It's the same issue I asked about when the Red Bulls beat NYCFC 1-0 on August 20. If LAFC wins 1-0, the same type of call will have allowed goals in 1-0 wins in two rivalry games.