MLS Officiating: it's shit-tastic!
- Thread starter Midas Mulligan
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This is a great video. Very happy for her and the rest of the crew for this honor (and also to Elfath for his work in the men’s final).
Quick side note. Rule change to start enforcing the keeper's feet on the line during PKs is one of the best rule changes in recent years.
Remember how far keepers used to come off? And how arbitrary it was for refs to call them on it?
Remember how far keepers used to come off? And how arbitrary it was for refs to call them on it?
wait you're telling me refs aren't just heartless souls that study the rules all day in order to purposefully get calls wrong?
It's like when you saw a teacher outside of school...these people have lives outside of the soccer field?
MLS may need replacement officials after referees vote to strike
With the new league season set to kick-off in less than a month, the referees union voted to authorize a strike
MLS referees authorize potential strike, file labor complaint
A work stoppage could impact the first game of the MLS season, involving Lionel Messi.
theathletic.com
66 replacement referees lined up for MLS season start, sources say
The Professional Referees Organization (PRO) has a plan in place ready to be executed for exactly who will be MLS’ replacement referees with the Professional Soccer Referees Association (PSRA) locked out, sources briefed on the plan tell The Athletic. PRO has commitments from a total of 66...
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Finally - they’re going to give us something to complain about.
This is what happens when your union tries to fight for a better deal and the organization goes "okay, so we just won't use your union for now"... this will probably end in a disaster from MLS and after next week's games are all horror shows, MLS will very quickly find a deal with the union. lol.
There's no chance. They're bringing in college soccer refs. The game is already too fast for MLS refs. It's going to be so much worse.