07/07/21 New England Revolution vs Toronto FC Gillette Stadium (7PM ET) REF: Rosendo Mendoza AR1: Claudiu Badea AR2: Ian McKay 4TH: Joshua Encarnacion VAR: Daniel Radford AVAR: Tom Supple CF Montréal vs New York City FC Exploria Stadium (7:30PM ET) REF: Marcos DeOliveira AR1: Andrew Bigelow AR2: Jose Da Silva 4TH: Tori Penso VAR: Malik Badawi AVAR: Jozef Batko Chicago Fire vs Orlando City Soldier Field (8PM ET) REF: Guido Gonzales Jr AR1: CJ Morgante AR2: Meghan Mullen 4TH: Elton Garcia VAR: Matt Franz AVAR: Peter Manikowski Austin FC vs Los Angeles FC Q2 Stadium (9PM ET) REF: Ramy Touchan AR1: Ian Anderson AR2: Jeff Hosking 4TH: Ismir Pekmic VAR: Jorge Gonzalez AVAR: Mike Kampmeinert Colorado Rapids vs Minnesota United Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (9PM ET) REF: Ted Unkel AR1: Nick Uranga AR2: Ryan Graves 4TH: Matthew Corrigan VAR: Alejandro Mariscal AVAR: Jonathan Johnson Seattle Sounders vs Houston Dynamo Lumen Field (9PM ET) REF: Robert Sibiga AR1: Chris Elliott AR2: Diego Blas 4TH: Lukasz Szpala VAR: Sorin Stoica AVAR: Joshua Patlak Vancouver Whitecaps vs Real Salt Lake Rio Tinto Stadium (10PM ET) REF: Alex Chilowicz AR1: Cameron Blanchard AR2: Eduardo Jeff 4TH: Kevin Broadley VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero AVAR: Gjovalin Bori LA Galaxy vs FC Dallas Dignity Health Sports Park (10:30PM ET) REF: Alan Kelly AR1: Jason White AR2: Jeremy Kieso 4TH: Michael Radchuk VAR: Kevin Terry Jr AVAR: Fabio Tovar MLS debuts for Meghan Mullen and Eduardo Jeff.
Off the ball red card via VAR in Colorado. I didn't see what happened, just Rubio on the ground post-incident. I thought it was just typical Rubio shit-housery but apparently there was more to it than that.
Here's what VAR saw on that red card. Yep, pretty obvious. Ramón Ábila red carded for a one inch punch #MNUFC pic.twitter.com/f13GnptvVp— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) July 8, 2021
There was an interesting and consequential review in the NYCFC/MTL match last night. Sort of a double OFR as a penalty would have been awarded but an alleged offside negated it. Problem is, I don't think it was offside. If so, that's two goals or likely goals taken off the board in a couple weeks--both affecting the outcome of matches. The calls for the dreaded offside lines in MLS VAR might not be too far off if anyone is paying attention.
What was the point of posting this? Are you just trying to dog on an official? Not only did the AR make a full sprint from nearly midfield to try and see this, it is not at all in their training to raise the flag when not in position.
I thought it was interesting that Fleming, who's generally more even-handed about officiating (IMO) than many commentators, tweeted it. Being at the game I didn't remember an obvious miss like this but maybe it was more obvious on camera.
Well. If it is only a “one inch punch” should it be a red at all? just kidding of course, I thought the title was funny. It’s a cheap shot sucker punch—I’d hope he gets an enhanced suspension for that. (Oh, wait, it’s MLS….)
Don't get me wrong, Rubio was absolutely selling it, but this is a case where if he doesn't react does VAR even notice and take a look?
Atlanta at Nashville. RED? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/IbLCmEk0jO— Bally Sports South (@BallySportsSO) July 9, 2021
As you said, it's not a foul. I'm the first to say "getting the ball doesn't always negate a foul", but this is as textbook of a slide tackle as you can get. If it is a foul, is it even DOGSO? The covering defender was in the video pretty quickly. I would imagine this will be on the VAR review video this week with some fairly strong language that the red was not supported.
I doubt it. The VAR week in review has almost exclusively dealt with situations where a review was initiated. There was no review here, so there's nothing to discuss from that perspective. That said, I'm interested in learning more here. Did Dickerson call DOGSO or SFP? Don't get me wrong, from the view we have it looks like a really good tackle and then the DOGSO elements are debatable even if it's not. So I'm not suggesting either call is right. But, eh, maybe there's another angle that shows something we aren't seeing, because Dickerson didn't even hestitate with the red at all and you'd think it would take a moment to process DOGSO there. The bottom line, though, is I want to know what he called so we can figure out what considerations the VAR was even going through when he was checking this. And all that said, if this is as poor of a call as it first looks, it adds to a few rough weeks for Dickerson on big calls. I thought he was very good the past few years and still like his management techniques and on-field persona, but he's undeniably had several big calls all seem to go the wrong way.
strange things seem to happen in his matches for some reason. I agree that he has a likable persona and looks the part. But ...
I’m hoping for this. I see the defender making the tackle making a ‘man or ball, not both’ type of challenge. He makes sure he gets man and gets a little ball in the process. I want to not see a foul, but I think he primarily goes for the attacker. Most slide tackles are the opposite… the defender is going for, and primarily gets the ball. The man is collateral damage. Once you have a foul, it’s got to be red. The other defender is trailing play. Without the challenge, the attacker gets off a shot.
You can safely ignore what they list for fouls on the website, whoever writes those clearly isn't getting them from the actual match report.
you don’t think a ref wrote down “last man”? Yeah, even if we didn’t know from other contexts, the language makes it awfully clear it’s not official. I’d really like to see the R’s angle. He had a much better angle than this clip to see the points of contact. I’m wondering if the tackle went through an ankle to make it SFP. From this angle, anything from no foul to SFP is believable to me. (I *think* there is a foul in the contact we don’t see from this angle, but I’m not sure.)
I’ll second @MassachusettsRef here. That video series addresses VAR reviews and as there is no intervention here there isn’ta lot to show. What you really want is for a pRO to have a different series where they weigh in on accuracy of decisions which I don’t imagine we’ll ever get
The broadcast camera angle is far better than that closeup. https://www.mlssoccer.com/video/red...card-jake-mulraney-atlanta-united-74th-minute The second angle shows you that Leal's bad touch put the ball and his run well to the right of the goal and Sosa has made up the ground and is closer to the goal than Leal when the tackle is made. That makes DOGSO is one hell of a stretch. Worse, at :28 you can see that Leal's right foot is striding backwards when Mulraney plays the ball - the contact that takes Leal down, is him tripping when the top of his left foot hits Mulraney's calf after the ball has been played by a studs down tackle. SFP? The ref made that call trailing play by 30+ yards at a full sprint, but the AR who was directly beside the play made no call. FWIW, Heinze said after the game that the ref had told him that Mulraney had made no contact with the ball. I'm partisan, but I don't see how VAR doesn't have this looked at during the game. Seems like PRO needs to take the L on this one and admit a blown call.
is anybody watching this CINvCLB game? I am a little shocked by the latest tackle by Mensah on Acosta didn't even warrant a caution in Kevin Stott's world. From behind at high speed no chance to win the ball right in front of the benches. It's inexplicable
Is anyone watching Cincinnati-Columbus? If so, can you explain Kevin Stott's non-cards on two wipeout tackles?