2021 MLS

Discussion in 'MLS Referee Forum' started by ref29, Apr 12, 2021.

  1. ref29

    ref29 Member

    Nov 8, 2010
    The 2021 regular season starts on April 17. Are there any news/movements with respect to the PRO rosters (refs, ARs, VARs) for the upcoming MLS season?
     
  2. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  3. socal lurker

    socal lurker Member+

    May 30, 2009
    I'm hoping that they keep with the "no lines" for OS, but from what he says, it sounds like only a matter of time until MLS uses lines for OS review.
     
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  4. ref29

    ref29 Member

    Nov 8, 2010
  5. Midwest Ref

    Midwest Ref Member

    Jul 25, 2002
    All of the PRO assessors reside in the US or Canada. Some of them refereed at the professional level in other countries prior to emigrating here. Many of the assessors worked in MLS in the past as refs or ARs.[/QUOTE]
     
  6. ref29

    ref29 Member

    Nov 8, 2010
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    Good to know. Among those 30 PRO assessors, are any who have never been referees or ARs at the professional level?
     
  7. frankieboylampard

    Mar 7, 2016
    USA
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Good to know. Among those 30 PRO assessors, are any who have never been referees or ARs at the professional level?[/QUOTE]

    I know one of them wasn’t he’s the NA for a major state tho (prefer not to share which state). Most worked the league tho.
    This particular person was only a National. Never a MLS regular (he probably did a handful of mls 4ths).
     
  8. Geko

    Geko Member

    Sacremento Geckos
    United States
    May 25, 2016
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    After limiting it down to a list of 30 people and then sharing more details, I don't know that "prefer not to share which state" is actually pulling that much weight.
     
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  9. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Photo shoots are out on Instagram of the new Capelli kits. I'm guessing the shoes are only for the photo shoot and not what we will see in matches.

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  10. Roger Allaway

    Roger Allaway Member+

    Apr 22, 2009
    Warminster, Pa.
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    When are they going to announce who's going to be wearing these new kits? The first game is less than six hours away.
     
  11. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If I remember correctly, assignments post-Covid came out really, really late if at all last year. They just may not want to announce an assignment and then start the rumor mill if an official suddenly is taken off a game.
     
  12. threeputzzz

    threeputzzz Member+

    May 27, 2009
    Minnesota
    Todays games are posted - no mention of kits.
     
  13. Scrabbleship

    Scrabbleship Member

    May 24, 2012
    Which version of the LOTG is MLS using this season, 20-21 or 21-22?
     
  14. Scrabbleship

    Scrabbleship Member

    May 24, 2012
  15. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    MLS is always a season behind, so they will use the 20-21 version.
     
  16. Sport Billy

    Sport Billy Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 25, 2006
    Hmmm. Don’t quite see the foul there on Reynosa at the 30:30 mark of SEA:MIN
     
  17. Bradley Smith

    Bradley Smith Member

    Jul 29, 2013
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    MLS is using the new laws for 2021/22.

     
  18. Dayton Ref

    Dayton Ref Member+

    May 3, 2012
    Houston, TX
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
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  19. ref29

    ref29 Member

    Nov 8, 2010
    Interesting that PRO chose Facebook instead of their own website for this announcement.
    Any new referees on the PRO roster?
     
  20. Scrabbleship

    Scrabbleship Member

    May 24, 2012
    Man, they haven't added a single Canadian referee in like a decade. We shit.
     
  21. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Derek Boudreau was on the MLS list in 2017, as I watched him referee a Fire-Timbers match in person at the Fire’s stadium in Bridgeview. I thought he did really well. He was off the MLS list a couple of years later.
     
  22. incognitoind

    incognitoind Member

    Apr 8, 2015
    Chantal is Canadian
     
  23. code1390

    code1390 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 25, 2007
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  24. Scrabbleship

    Scrabbleship Member

    May 24, 2012
    She also isn't a referee. They've added a bunch of ARs and use a few 4Os who aren't a part of PRO every year but the same three dudes in the middle for a decade.
     
  25. frankieboylampard

    Mar 7, 2016
    USA
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    If anything I’ve seen a huge influx of new guys brought into the league. Dickerson, Touchan, Gonzales JR., Rivas, Ford etc. Dickerson and Rivas both worked last weekend.
    And the 4O’s and ARs are part of PRO. They just aren’t listed on the full time rosters. They’re part of the developmental groups/tiers
     
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