00:00Welcome to Instant Replay for MLS Match Day 27. I'm your host, Andrew Wiebe, and as always, we're taking a
00:05closer look at the most controversial refereeing decisions in Major League Soccer.
00:10We start with Sunday Night Soccer and a big offside decision in the clash between Miami and San Diego.
00:15The visitors found success going direct, and it almost gave them a lead in the 52nd minute.
00:20Ball in behind. Marcus and Vartsen rounds Dane St. Clair, and oh, ball's in the back of the net, but
00:25the flag is up, and there's no doubt this one is razor close.
00:30Well, how close? Well, there are two possible players who could have kept the San Diego No. 9 onside.
00:36First is left-back Frisio Caicedo. Second is center-back Casemiro.
00:40I would throw Caicedo out for one big reason. Watch here. Look at the positioning of the AR on the
00:47final defender.
00:48The AR is always going to align himself or herself with that final defender.
00:52In this case, you can see the assistant referee continue to drop past Caicedo's position.
00:57So for me, we have to narrow our focus to Casemiro, and come on, you cannot tell me that you
01:03have any definitive takeaway here.
01:04There is no angle that would allow us to form a clear and obvious opinion either way.
01:09And in Major League Soccer, the angle is really everything.
01:12Jake and Taylor did a good job explaining this on the broadcast, but to reverse the call on the field,
01:17which was offside, no goal,
01:18there must be clear and obvious evidence that Ingvarsson is onside.
01:23With the video we have, that does not exist, and only one person is looking straight down the line.
01:28That person made the call, the assistant referee, and he said offside.
01:33I'm just fine with the process and a decision on this one.
01:36To the Bay Area we go.
01:3736 minutes into NorCal, Quakes v. SoCal, LAFC,
01:41and Aaron Long is seeing red from referee Drew Fisher.
01:44And yeah, this is denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity for me.
01:48It is not much, but Nico Chikiris is in behind, 1v1 with the goalkeeper,
01:53in a shooting opportunity, and Long grabs the San Jose man's arm and pulls him enough
01:57to both stop his progress and unbalance him.
01:59It is not the longest grab.
02:01It is not the most forceful grab.
02:03But it is a grab all the same by a desperate player on another player who has clearly beat you
02:09for what is going to be a shooting chance with the goalkeeper.
02:12That is going to get called, and for me, rightfully so.
02:15Actually, Long is kind of fortunate here that the grab doesn't continue into the penalty area,
02:19because if it had, it would be dog-so, red-so, and a penalty kick.
02:24All in all, it was a bit unlucky for Long,
02:26and definitely unlucky for Sergi Palencia and Sung Hung Min in the second half.
02:30This looks like a goal that would have put the game away for LAFC,
02:33but rewind just a little bit, right there.
02:37Palencia does not know much, if anything, about this.
02:39It's more incidental contact than intentional, in my opinion.
02:42But San Jose won a foul for this step on the ankle of Vitor Costa,
02:45and I agree with Kevin Stott, the VAR.
02:48That is a foul, and it's in the attacking phase of play.
02:50The play is sent for review, the goal is taken off,
02:53and San Jose steal a point in the final moments.
02:55Unlucky for Sergi, unlucky for Sonny in LAFC,
02:58but the correct decisions for me.
03:00The other club in LA, the Galaxy,
03:02probably feel unlucky, too.
03:04Jacob Glesnes has called for a penalty on Nick Markanich,
03:06and man, I scoured the footage to find the so-called contact
03:10that prompted referee Sergi Damianchuk to call the foul
03:12and the penalty on the field, and...
03:14Well, I found the contact.
03:16It's not like Glesnes kicks Markanich's legs out from under him,
03:20but he does cut across the back of the attacker,
03:23taking a serious risk,
03:24and now watch the right foot of the Loons player right there.
03:28Glesnes' right foot makes contact with the right foot of Markanich,
03:31who goes down in that moment,
03:32and so while I get why the Galaxy don't like it,
03:35the contact is not massive,
03:36the degree is definitely debatable,
03:38this one is never going to be reviewed,
03:40and I can't argue really against the penalty decision.
03:43We got an orange card alert,
03:45and Copa Tejas action.
03:46Just two minutes into the match,
03:47Mikel Dessler is flirting hard
03:49with a potential serious foul play red card.
03:51I mean, he asked that thing out.
03:52Here's why I'm okay with the yellow from Alan Chapman,
03:55the referee here.
03:55First, I think Dessler plays the ball,
03:58which is to say he is not late to this challenge.
04:00I think he wins the ball with a toe poke,
04:02but then because of the timing of the bang bang 50-50 here,
04:05he definitely catches Kaiike after.
04:07The contact isn't high on the ankle,
04:10it's not up into the shin region,
04:11but it is studs through Kaiike's planted ankle,
04:14and that's tough,
04:15but for me, Dessler doesn't leave his feet here,
04:18so in the end,
04:19I have this trending more towards a reckless action
04:22than excessive force or brutality.
04:24And yet, like I said,
04:26it is a very orange-pilled moment.
04:28Like, I'm okay with the yellow,
04:30but I have a caveat,
04:31and that is there is a real case
04:33that could be made for endangering the safety here.
04:35So had Chapman called it a red card on the field,
04:38I don't think the VAR would have gotten involved.
04:41The VAR did get involved in the Montreal-Columbus game
04:4460 minutes in.
04:45How about this goal taken away for offside?
04:47Look down the line here with me.
04:49There's Montreal's Fabian Herbers.
04:50Is he in an offside position?
04:52Is the angle playing tricks on your eyes?
04:54Should this Prince of Wusu goal count?
04:56It stood on the field,
04:57but Jose Carlos Rivero of the VAR
04:59sent Fotis Bozakos to the monitor,
05:00and it was taken off for offside.
05:02I think I agree with that decision.
05:05There is enough lean here from Herbers
05:06for it to be clear and obvious in my mind,
05:08but man,
05:09these funny angle offside decisions
05:11always make me just a little bit nervous.
05:13Last one.
05:14In New England,
05:15this is an interesting play and process.
05:17Initially, referee Sergei Boyko calls handball.
05:19He's got a great angle, as you can see.
05:21But you can also see him tell the players
05:23outside the box.
05:25He's called it for a free kick,
05:26not a penalty.
05:27But we can all kind of see
05:28that that is a borderline decision there.
05:31It is right on that 18-yard line,
05:32and the play is set for review,
05:34and you can see why.
05:36First of all,
05:36we actually have to rewind it back
05:38and decide whether or not it is a handball.
05:40Maybe it hits Peyton Miller's chest
05:41or face first instead.
05:43But no,
05:44to me,
05:44I see that arm move from the ball hitting it first,
05:46the ricochet.
05:47And I also see clear evidence
05:48that the contact happens
05:50inside the penalty area,
05:51or at the very least,
05:52over the line of the 18-yard box.
05:54The final decision after review was penalty,
05:56and I agree with that.
05:58All right,
05:59that's it for us for Match Day 27.
06:00As always,
06:01if you see something,
06:02say something.
06:03We love having your eyes on the field
06:05as we go through the most controversial calls
06:06in Major League Soccer.
06:08Big thanks to Aldo Medina and Rich Hernandez.
06:09I'm Andrew Wiebe.
06:10We'll see you next time.
