MLS Week 26 - 2018 (Heineken Rivalry Week)

Ok, so Murillo goes down injured in the corner, DC has possession, then the ref stops play due to Murillo, which he didn’t need to do as it wasn’t a head injury, and he’s away from the play.

Then play starts back up and RB take a free kick?!? That ends up sending the ball to the other end of the field and not much longer RB scores a goal.

Did I miss something as to why RB didn’t give the ball back to DC? Anyone else see this?
 
Ok, so Murillo goes down injured in the corner, DC has possession, then the ref stops play due to Murillo, which he didn’t need to do as it wasn’t a head injury, and he’s away from the play.

Then play starts back up and RB take a free kick?!? That ends up sending the ball to the other end of the field and not much longer RB scores a goal.

Did I miss something as to why RB didn’t give the ball back to DC? Anyone else see this?
Yeah I was confused about that too
 
Ok, so Murillo goes down injured in the corner, DC has possession, then the ref stops play due to Murillo, which he didn’t need to do as it wasn’t a head injury, and he’s away from the play.

Then play starts back up and RB take a free kick?!? That ends up sending the ball to the other end of the field and not much longer RB scores a goal.

Did I miss something as to why RB didn’t give the ball back to DC? Anyone else see this?
Yeah. Murillo gets hurt while DC had possession. The ref waited until RB got possession to stop play. The confusion is because RB only had possession for 2 seconds and the ref was slow with the whistle. So by the time he blew DC had possession again but in the ref’s mind play stopped as soon as RB gained possession.
 
If DC can score an equalizer, it's game on... but if RB scores a second, I think it's done.
DC has been looking very menacing over the past few minutes, too.
 
Yeah. Murillo gets hurt while DC had possession. The ref waited until RB got possession to stop play. The confusion is because RB only had possession for 2 seconds and the ref was slow with the whistle. So by the time he blew DC had possession again but in the ref’s mind play stopped as soon as RB gained possession.
I guess that makes sense how that happened, but shouldn’t fair play end up with NJ kicking it back to DC?
 
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I think play was dead once RB won the ball so they get it back. The whistle delay is irrelevant.
Main issue is look at DC’s reaction. Nobody protested that they didn’t get it.
Yeah, DC’s reaction confused me.

I guess my point is that nobody stopped playing until the whistle was blown, which is when DC won it back. You could see DC’s reaction when he blew the whistle as they didn’t think it should be stopped, but the lack of protesting the play by RB confused me.
 
Yeah, DC’s reaction confused me.

I guess my point is that nobody stopped playing until the whistle was blown, which is when DC won it back. You could see DC’s reaction when he blew the whistle as they didn’t think it should be stopped, but the lack of protesting the play by RB confused me.
Ref obviously explained that Murillo was hurt but he let DC keep playing until they lost the ball. Then they understood.
Obvious in the sense that it’s the only explanation that fits the evidence. I saw same thing you saw. It seemed odd, including DC’s reaction. This makes sense of it.
 
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Ref obviously explained that Murillo was hurt but he let DC keep playing until they lost the ball. Then they understood.
Obvious in the sense that it’s the only explanation that fits the evidence. I saw same thing you saw. It seemed odd, including DC’s reaction. This makes sense of it.
Yeah, if he explained that real time, then I get it. If that explanation to both teams came after the fact, then RB keeping possession seems a bit dishonest IMO.

But then again, DCU didn’t really protest, so idk.
 
That was torturous to watch. DC played much better than RB for most of that game, but did nothing. However, RB looked very vulnerable for most of that game, as well. Will be interesting to see what happens in their next few matches.
 
When Ben Olsen and Wazza let it go, so should the fans at home.
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Welp, who is ready for a weekday playoff match at Yankee Stadium*?

*NYCFC cannot confirm that Yankee Stadium will host this match.
If it's on a tuesday or thursday, I'm in super luck because I don't have school on those days.

What scares me is that we will play the bottom of the playoffs which can very well be Toronto.