Every week, PRO, the Professional Referees Organization, which oversees the officiating in Major League Soccer and the other pro leagues in America, reviews the times when VAR, video assistant referee, was used in a game.

And the verdict on the controversial call that gave St. Louis City SC a loss instead of a tie on Saturday in Vancouver was: That was not the right call.

You can watch and listen to the V AR/referee discussions here , starting at the 7:39 mark.

On the play in question, the knee of City SC’s Mykhi Joyner makes contact with the trailing leg of Vancouver’s Mathias Laborda as Laborda chases after a ball in City SC’s end of the field. That throws off the stride of Laborda, and trips him, inside the penalty area. Referee Fotis Bazakos can be heard on the replay explaining t

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