Leagues Cup Round 1: Headbutt, Red Cards, and Penalties
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- Andrew Wiebe breaks down the most controversial plays from round 1 of Leagues Cup.
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That pen in the Orlando Houston game is one of the worst calls I've ever seen and VAR decided it shouldn't be reviewed somehow.
I watched the game and I’m pretty sure it was aurojo who “fouled” the dynamo but he did not even touch him. If he did it was very light.
I saw someone say in the Cincy highlights “Zinedine Pulido” 😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I went to the orlando vs Houston games, and when that penalty was called, the orlando fans were livid.
Orlando city Penalty was not reviewed by the ref. Orlando got like 4 yellow cards for begging the ref to just go to the VAR and check which he did not.
The referee cannot "go to the VAR". The VAR has to call to the referee to review a mistake.
@@JustinHarcrow Are you suggesting they did not tell him?
@@kaybmagic12 100% they cleared the call on the field. If VAR recommended review and the CR didn't go review it, the CR would not be working anymore.
There was a VERY LIGHT TOUCH. And the dynamo players fell VERY LATE.
Loved the coverage keep the videos coming 😊
Love to see an IR with teams outside of MLS!
and referees. The constant "PRO/MLS referees are the worst in the world" comments are old. Now we see the same show with other referees. Same 'refs suck' comments. Not a surprise at all.
MLS football isn't looking so bad anymore. Enjoyed the coverage!
Farmers league in tin can tournament with all matches in the us
Leagues cup rigged
I was watching the Orlando city vs. Houston dynamo myself. The ref even called it a “phantom foul” when the player dolphin dived to the ground in the game. As an Orlando city fan, of course there is bias, but still, even if I was a Houston fan, I would say that it shouldn’t have been a pen. Terrible, terrible refereeing.
I am an Orlando fan as well and I agree no matter who I like here it js very much not a pen.
Did anyone point out in the Pueblo v Minnesota Red Card that the Pueblo player was grabbing the Minnesota player by his junk? He mimes it to the ref as well in one of the initial videos. Definitely deserved to be red carded for throwing a punch, but Pueblo player should have received at least a yellow for that as well.
Everyone knows that it's always the second guy that gets in trouble.
I did not catch that, I thought it was a weird reaction, makes more sense why he did what he did. That being said, they still ripped them apart lol.
He should’ve told the ref that he was grabbing his junk
@@323dannyboyeddyhe did you can see him gesturing about it when talking to the ref
YES! 8:34 SHOWS IT PRETTY WELL.
It's not even just poor officiating, which there is some of that as well. It's just the inconsistency of every referee in MLS. It's hard to get every call right but you got to at least stay consistent with the way you're calling the game.
Not all refs are MLS in this tournament. There's central American Caribbean and Liga MX refs
That Boxall kidney punch was sneaky, nasty sh*t . . . good catch by the refereeing crew and a well-deserved red card and toss.
To be fair, the opposing player was grabbing Boxall’s nuts.
@@jgalexander510 Lol, I rewatched it several times . . . no clear "nut grab" that I could see. And I don't think Boxall would have been standing/running upright if his gonads were being forcibly grabbed . . . do you?
Check 8:16, 8:20, and 8:35. Boxall’s hips shoot back right away and the other player’s hand is definitely waaaaay in the zone.
@@jgalexander510 I did not notice that until you pointed it out - it's actually really obvious. Shame that Boxall lost his composure. Should have waited it out and gave him a Fer Nino tackle when he got the chance.
@@smashkirkman indeed!
No comment on the Puebla player grabbing Boxall by the genitals and pulling? Boxall tells him on the field, and you can see Boxall instinctively jerk his hips away when it happens in reaction to the pull. You still see Boxall's shorts in his hand in the slow-mo replay that is shown in the video at 8:35. Boxall deserved the red, but I don't like that the Puebla player gets away with this.
I completely agree with everything you said and I didn’t see the punch on the first look either.
I can’t believe Columbus and St. Louis even got played. There was something like a four hour delay for weather and the game finished after 1am.
I wish they covered the NYRB handball that wasn't even reviewed against the Revs. Or the fouls that VAR wanted straight to red and the ref didn't even give yellows for.
I am loving these games, that being said, the officiating has been suspect.
FCC had so many more you could have reviewed. vazquez, boupendza, kubo all getting taken down in the box and plenty more out, quite possibly the worse ref ive ever seen in any sport. last call he FINALY decided to do his job when there were 2 handballs in the box.
Great game🎉🎉🎉
Anytime an attacker goes limp, straight legs, like they were just shot, the ref should know he's being played or duped into calling that PK
Great game
Was a good first round great games! My favorite so far is Cincinnati vs Kansas City. Match of the tournament so far in my opinion.
Not going to show the angle where Boxall almost has his head (yes that head) torn off right before rhe punch?
All I have seen is mls players dive each foul and the ref count them 💀💀
Refs always make bad calls against **insert my team’s name**
Definitely Should have been two yellows for the Seattle defender. Kicking the planted leg and then body slamming Chicho? Huh? Weird miss there.
Also, the first call, there is no push. His arm extends as the player gets farther away from him but you can see an inch or two of space. You can shove if you aren’t even touching.
I would have gone red both ways. But slamming someone down on his head is definitely a straight red, and should be a suspension.
@@scottaaron382 for both Chicho and yeimar or for both of Yeimar’s fouls?
Been intrigued by MLS since the beginning of the season, coming from someone halfway across the world. What’s the deal with the leagues cup, eastern and western conferences?
It's Mexican clubs vs U S. clubs.
It's new this year. I was not interested, but after watching this week I'm changing my mind pretty quickly.
It is the Mexican First Division against MLS. Pool play and then single elimination.
The conferences is mostly just an American sports culture thing. It's how the other major sports leagues in this country setup. Because of how geographically large the US is and how many cities/teams we have, it helps to separate them into conferences for organizational purposes.
All teams play each other through the season like any other league. But your only competing directly for points against teams in your conference. At the end of the season, the top 8 from each conference qualify for the play offs and compete for the big trophy(MLS Cup). As a side note, there is a Supporters Shield for the team that finishes with most points in the league. But that trophy is considered secondary/consolation to the MLS Cup.
@@ZeroFamilon thanks for the explanation, cheers.
Shame though the team with most points overall in a season don’t win a overall title for best overall season other than calling it a supporters shield.
But make sense there is a playoff series MLS Cup it’s institutionalised in American sport,
you do you America.
Just happy to see football/soccer grow in the USA,
hopefully it means good things leading into the 2026 World Cup.
Hi I like watching MLS
The Houston attacker was also offside Santos doesn't have control of that ball yet.
Can't decide if the offsides against NYCFC or the Orl/Hou penalty call is the worst of the bunch.
Meanwhile, if I'm disagreeing with Mr. Wiebe here, it's on that second red to Tijuana. If all the criteria need to be satisfied, I don't see him regaining control after that tackle/foul even if it was clean.
The argument is that the ball was at his feet UNTIL the tackle occurred. The only reason it didn't remain there was because of the tackle. So if you deem the tackle to be a foul, then that occurred while he had possession at his feet. It only got away from him because of the tackle.
@@MrCho14 Okay, that's fair, then
In the Houston game: you can clearly see at 6:50 and 6:58 that the Houston player was dragging their trail leg. Don't know how the VAR missed that.
Nah should of looked at the challenge on Danny in the rsl game right before that chicho and yiemar thing, should of been red I think
This was a proper analysis. Thanks. Keep them coming.
Great video! These are great angles. It helps out all upcoming refs to look at the good calls and bad calls.
Take the commentary in carefully. The analysis is better than before, but it often missing key points.
Yeah that too. Hopefully the future refs can use their judgment. Not everything this guy says will be right.
@@juliooo_perez And as much as it's easy to bash him when you don't agree with what he says, so much of it is judgment. That's where referees can and do differ in their opinion of calls. It's the places where the analysis misses something and/or explains something not quite right which can cause problems.
Where is the Columbus v St Louis highlights?
Actually 2 handballs against Sporting KC at the death. 👀
That first offsides call wouldn't have mattered even if he was in an offsides position. The other team touched the ball.
I'm not sure it qualifies under IFAB's 2023 guidelines. But at the same time, I know high level referees who still don't agree on the desired interpretation.
How to determine if a player ‘deliberately played’ the ball?
➡ ball came from distance
➡ player had a clear view
➡ ball not moving quickly
➡ ball direction not unexpected
➡ player had time to coordinate their movement
➡ ball on the ground is easier to play than in the air
HOW CAN WE HAVE AN ENTIRE VIDEO DEDICATED TO QUESTIONABLE CALLS
because refereeing is subjective. Plus a lot of these were pretty obvious
You can do this in the Prem as well. Refereeing will always have a level of subjectivity.
As a dynamo fan that's not a pen tbh but i was happy for bassi goal tho
Did the pueblo player have the front of the shorts before getting punched?
The offside ruling at NYC could be because in order to the ball coming from an opponent the action must be controlled. Looking at the action, yes trying to head the ball is deliberate, but not controlled.
But also not a clear and obvious error.
@6:47 it's Wiebe's trademarked foot drag! no penalty!
Nycfc offside is extremely hard to call because if the second touch went off of nycfc then it’s not an offside offence. If the second touch went off of Atlas then it is offside because the last touch by nycfc is the reference point.
And the Houston penalty was clearly simulation poo poo reffing right there.
At 8:19,the Mexican player was grabbing Boxall’s junk/shorts causing the retaliation punch. Better view at 8:34. Two reds should have been given.
Thank you for calling out those orl-hou refs, horrid call.
In the Orlando v Houston game you can clearly see the right leg of the defender make contact with the right leg of the attacker. From the angle in this video it looks like the attacker went down really easy. That being said, as we all know, VAR needs to have cold hard evidence that it was not a foul. When I see that contact, my mind says "there's no foul there, he went down easy." But as a VAR, put yourself in their shoes. They are disciplined for recommending any review that, in PRO's opinion, is not clear and obvious. So it makes sense that the VAR in this game sees the clear contact between the players legs and says "I don't think there's a foul here, but there was contact that could be construed as tripping, so I can't recommend a review here."
In the end, based on the angles here, it should not have been a penalty. But anyone who blames the VAR for this doesn't understand the process. Every review that a VAR incorrectly recommends lowers the score they receive for their assessment and puts their job at risk. Seeing the contact, no wonder he refrained from recommending a review.
We rarely see all the angles that VAR looks at as well. I can't tell you how many times there's something on here presented one way with 90% of the people agreeing only to see Inside Video Review and their angles which proves it wrong. There's no reason why MLS doesn't have access to all those other angles.
He was offside anyway as Santos was yet to gain possession of the ball. It had hit his chest, but he hadn't controlled it yet. No matter how much you want to look for a non-existent foul, it shouldn't have mattered.
@@adzter96 Regardless of the defender's touch, the attacker does not look offside at the kick point. We don't have anything but the midfield angle, but from that angle I don't think it's in question. VAR would have checked that as part of checking the APP leading up to the PK.
I think Jesus and Westwood are lucky to stay on the Pitch both make contact with the neck for me it’s a red card a piece
Thats on
Nycfc was robbed on that one
Was watching the NYCFC and Atlas match live. On top of your points which I agree with and was saying live as well, that review took 5 MINUTES! Clear and obvious error would not take 5 minutes. It seem they made the decision that there was no contact on the ball by the second player flicking (which I disagree) and at the point where it is 5 minutes you are trying to find something and every single angle I saw there was no definitive view that showed the flick on never happened. Extremely poor VAR group there. It is not meant to re-referee the play. Offside check should be 1-2 mins MAX.
Also that Houston v Orlando call is horrendous. MLS refs are looking worse and worse.
VAR was from Mexico. It's much easier to get the call wrong on the field than staring at all those camera angles.
only reason he out stretches is cause striker sold it lmao
its funny how all sudden gringos are experts on futbol. theyre playing in their territory with their refs 😂😂and still complaint😂😂
They are 3 teams in each group. 2 mls and 1 mx ? Why ?
Math.
There are 28 MLS clubs and 17 Liga MX clubs in the group play. (1 team from each league got a bye to the 2nd round.)
Makes MLS odds easier to say they are the better league when it’s all favored for them to win
For the NYC off side call, the ref must have determined that NYC #6 did not touch the ball, and that the deflection came from Atlas #2. If that is the case, then the moment of decision is when NYC #10 played the ball into the box.
That would be the case if the ball deflected off the atlas guy. However, it was a deliberate header, meaning that Justin was actually onside
That would be up to interpretation so why would VAR come into play? Unless VAR determined otherwise
It is getting more and more difficult to officiate these games as there is more and more flopping and going down at the slightest bit of contact.
I don't think it's any worse than a decade or more ago.
KC's 1pt prize-------> 🎻
Second red for tj was crazy. All things considered that was a red, he clearly gets the ball but it’s the mls.
Aside from one of the teams, what was MLS about it? The ref was from Jamaica and both VAR and Asst. VAR were from Mexico.
Parecen los partidos del ascenso de Argentina: se cagan a piñas. Conurbano a full.
How did you not cover the Red Bulls defender with his arms out at near 90 degree angles from his body in the most unnatural position possible making himself as big as possible and of course making contact with the ball in the box with his arm and the ref NOT calling the penalty and the VAR NOT calling for review. Second time the officials completely screwed the Revolution out of a result in New Jersey and handed points to the Energy Drinks. The league had to make an apology about the last one, will they even bother to acknowledge this one? PRO is utter trash and is holding MLS back with their inability to comprehend the laws of the game or to even implement them evenly from one week to the next.
What a mess.
Another week, another VAR official sitting behind the screen and deciding “I am going to ruin this match”. Par for the course this season in MLS matches.
You do know these aren't MLS matches nor PRO/MLS referees, right?
@@MrCho14 sure do, doesn’t matter who’s assigning, same errors are happening.
Also the revolution getting robbed AGAIN the Red Bulls player is arms stretched out and it hits is arm in the box and no penalty this deserved a spot in here
With the headbutt, I would give the FC Cincinnati player a yellow card also. There was a shove that initiated the headbutt to commence. On the second PK call, I don't agree that it was a foul.
Im not sure he got away with no card. His push initiates the headbutt. Both go off.
It was more than a shove. That was an open handed punch. Should’ve gotten a yellow, I’m fine with the straight red for Pulido
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That was my thought watching the replay as well. Yes, the SKC player deserves his red for retaliating like that. However, the CIN starts the fight with something between a shove and a punch. The refereeing crew should have reviewed the initial shove/punch to decide if it was worthy of a red card.
@@th3awak3ning10 That's crazy and not within the laws of the game. A simple push which results in the opponent going psycho is still a simple push. In this case, a yellow for Cincy and a red for the idiot headbutter is clearly the correct call. That red should also be a 3 games suspension.
man NYCFC got robbed
MLS finally has exposure and this is the level theyre putting out. horrible
What level are you referring to? They are ahead on the pitch. The referees aren't MLS/PRO referees. I'm highly confused by your comment.
"PK"?! FFS!!!!! It's PENALTY KICK!!!!!
"REDSO"?! STOP IT!!!!!!!!
Hella on mls side
1:22 Nah, that was outside
5:02 Ball didn't hit the guy in blue. So it is Offside.
Neither are clear and obvious errors by the crew on the field. Plays should have stood as called.
Because of how the Tijuana player’s arm extends fully after the Philly player falls I don’t think he pushed him. a soft foul 🤷🏻♂️ penalty maybe?, but he definitely didn’t shove him. Red card seemed excessive
Bro the foul in the red for Tijuana started outside so it shouldn't have been a penalty but yhey want MLS to win so badly.
At 3:40 mark, thats targeting! Lol
Re the offside in NYC vs ATS: go read IFAB Circular 26 on offside interpretation to see why this got called. (From last summer!) It's uh... hard to judge in some cases.
That says that the offensive player is onside if the ball comes off the defender making a 'deliberate 'play on the ball... The defender knew where the ball was coming from and deliberately went to challenge the ball in the air... Onside!
@@PyroGamie I feel challenged to know what is correct in every situation. I am a referee (HS, college). I've read the circular, I've been to presentations about how to interpret the law. I've watched IFABs training examples many times. It's just confusing in some situations.
Here, of the officials judged that the defender was instinctively reacting to block a pass, then the play will be offside. If they judge that the defender had time, space, and a clear line of sight to make a controlled play for the ball, then the call should be NOT offside.
Here I can see both arguments getting made. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
is it really that bad.?
Hands on neck =instant Red card...
Don't understand the Refs call on this...
(Especially to the Captian for Charlotte Fc)
So proud of Charlotte Fc !!!💪🏼👑
For the Crown 🖤🤍💙👑👑👑
Rigged mls cup for the mls
NFL Refree in a MLS Game: "They will be 2 Fouls for both Cincinnati and Kansas City which will be enforced. Personal Foul, Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Number 9 of Kansas City for Headbutt Targeting against an Opponent with Excessive Force. Personal foul, Unnecessary Roughness, Number 15 of Cincinnati. As a result of the penalties, Number 9 of Kansas City (Alan Pulido) have now been disqualified from the game in addition to a Suspension and a Fine Reparation for the Remainder of the Season. While Number 15 for Cincinnati will be given a Yellow Card followed by being benched for the Second-Half of the game, followed by a three game suspension. It will be Cincinnati's Ball at the start of the next play for a Penalty Kick Attempt."
I swear the refs always make awful calls against Orlando
Given these aren't the same referees, maybe it's just your purple glasses.
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Ayo?
The Philadelphia union and Xolos game was clearly affected by the ref, this commentator so biased lmao
saying well done to the ref for the skc vs fcc game is just incorrect. i was there and he was unbelievably inconsistent and missed a handball entirely because he wasn't even looking at the play
Kinda biased commentary, mate
He’s definitely not biased at all 😂 I get you work for mls but don’t be blinded by it. If it favors the mls teams it’s clear but if it favors MX teams it’s questionable. You’re funny
This has nothing to do with MLS vs Mexico. His analysis is very consistent with his inconsistency week to week with just MLS teams.
@@MrCho14 re watch it and look for what I’m talking about.
I’ll admit I’m a Dynamo fan, first and foremost.
What are you looking at?! That’s definitely a foul and definitely a penalty! The Orlando player’s leg clips Dorsey’s leg and trips him. It’s not a hard foul, and Dorsey probably could’ve stayed on his feet, but it’s a foul. No question about it.
The penalty for Tijuana in my opinion probably shouldn’t have happened. If you look closely, the ball looks as if it touched his arm, and he was running for the ball so it most likely wouldn’t be natural position. Although maybe the foul was fully committed milliseconds before the possible handball, or it wasn’t a handball.
Neither penalty in that game was for a handball. Philadelphia's PK was for a push in the back. Tijuana's PK was for the high boot that made contact with the opponent. Both were on the edge of the box so the major question was whether they were inside or outside the box.
You must be a huge MLS fan 😂😂
MLS still has a long way to go in quality
Leagues Cup, aka "we really don't care" month. Clubs, players...it's a made-up tournament, the only games 99% of viewers will watch will be Messi games, and the worst penalty is that you don't have to play the full tournament.
I don't see the issue with the leagues cup. The US v Mexico rivalries are always fun plus there are rivalries within each league as well. I just think it's silly to pause the league. Especially if the intention is to create a more competitive schedule compared to euro leagues. Should have had MLS games on the weekend and leagues cup during the week.
This tournament is a joke and rigged against liga mx you’ve missed so many recaps where it’s a clear robbery
Andrew has genuinly no referee crebibility. At least hire someone who knows the rules
I agree with the first part, but can you give an example of where he got a 'rule' wrong?
Maybe he got a grassroots license once when he needed a summer job lol
@@MrCho14 First I should briefly mention my credibility: I have been a semi-competitive referee since 2015 and I am the head referee at a large football club in Canada. My apologies for the rant but these are my opinions and interpretations of the highlights. With that being said here's where I disagree with Andrew's perceptions of the rules:
01:14 the foul did not happen in the box or on the line. Pausing at roughly 01:17 you can see the arm on the attackers back is clearly about 0.5 meters off of the line.
02:51 since the defender made a genuine attempt to play the ball, the DOGSO call is "Downgraded" to a yellow card, as per the IFAB Laws of the Game page 107. The red card is the wrong decision
04:51 The NYCFC attacker is considered offside because the second contact on the ball (when two players challenged for it) is inconclusive. Since the player was offside on the initial pass, and the second contact (if any) is inconclusive, the decision is offside. In my opinion the defender made the contact with the ball while under pressure, which in this case would not qualify as a deliberate attempt on the ball with it accidentally going to the goal-scorer. If the defender was uncontested and the ball went backwards accidentally, then I would argue the goal-scorer is onside because the "starting frame" would be reset (the second freeze frame MLS shows at 05:01).
06:47 I'll give Andrew some credit, the Houston penalty should've never been called. That's clear simulation.
07:11 this is not a penalty. There is no conclusive evidence that the defender tripped the attacker.
All in all, I would prefer if someone with credibility narrated this show. Otherwise it's just the same as TV pundits or commentators discussing rules that they don't 100% understand.
@@JonD00 All good on your credentials. I hung the whistle up a long time ago but continue to try to stay current in my knowledge. I honesty was curious why you think he has no credibility. I agree that he often gets reasoning wrong, but even when Unkel has been on she does as well sometimes. As for the detailed reasons, I think there's a lot of judgment there. I also question your law application of DOGSO.
For the first one: I see at 1:11 the defender's foot on the PA line, his arm is at least even with that foot and is on the back of the attacker. In the end, it's a judgement call. Andrew decided it was in the area. Still, a judgment call. Personally, I think close enough that VAR probably shouldn't have been involved. (That's without seeing potentially other angles of other contact. This show often does not show all of them. I wouldn't expect PRO to put out an Inside Video Review segment for League Play where we'd see it better.)
Second (DOGSO): Agree that a play on the ball was made, but it was outside the penalty area. Law 12 states that DOGSO is only 'downgraded' if an attempt to play the ball was made AND it was inside the PA. In all other circumstances.....the player must be sent off.
NYCFC offside: The call was no offside on the field. Andrew has it mostly correct in that the last touch is what matters. He believes and constructs his story with the belief the attacker flicked that ball on or at least touched it. Given how the call was made on the field, I don't believe there is enough evidence to overturn. The video we are shown here is certainly not clear enough.
Jumping to the last one, I couldn't tell if that was called a PK on the field, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't. If it was, the CR didn't make it an obvious call. That said, if this was not called on the field, then I agree that it is difficult, at best, to say there was a clear error for which VAR should have recommended a review. Andrew gave his opinion the defender did hit the attacker's heal. If that's the case, then a PK is the right call. I'm with you that I don't see anything clear here. As such it's a bad judgment by Andrew but no misapplication of the laws.
It's funny about getting a real referee to do this. That was done. The comment section felt no better about the conclusions. Andrew is rough in how he explains things which doesn't help his case though.
@@MrCho14 I enjoyed reading your point of view on the video, you make some very valid points! Until we meet again Mr Cho :)
Obviously they are going to give opinions that don't affect the mls, in my opinion both plays aren't red cards for xolos and of course there was a pull but outside the area, the other play was in contact with the ball, the referee stole the game in favor of Philadelphia, Xolos dominate the game with 10 men.
Not sure what game you were watching, but Philadelphia had 17 shots on goal so hard to say Xolos dominated. Credit to their keepers for keeping them in the game.
@@andymuenz7499 did You watch the game? Because Xolos dominate the Game with 10 players they almost tie the game, then the referee show the red card to Balanta, come on
@@andymuenz7499 11 Philadelphia vs 9 of xolos, really?
@@danilitr0 I was at the game, so yes, I watched it. Tijuana starting keeper was best player on the field. Without him it would have been about 10-1 instead of 3-1. Not sure what they showed on television, but Philly was the dominant team even before the red cards.
@@andymuenz7499 xolos almost tied the Game with 10 players, failed the penalty, but during that time have the control of the Game until the second red card
What a disgrace. All these penalties have ruined the game and cup. Some valid but its all BS.
Which soccer Americanism is more cringe: "Thats a peekay!" or feeling any type of need to use the term DOGSO?
What's more cringe: "getting annoyed about pronouncing an initialism" or "getting annoyed about pronouncing an acronym"? They're both pretty silly, in my book. Tell me you're bad at English without telling me you're bad at English.
Clearly Leagues Cup favors MLS teams, lots of those calls were questionable and very much in favor of one side.