I’m a huge advocate for Video Assisted Refereeing/Replay in soccer. While MLS Commissioner Don Garber initially said that the technology was too expensive, it appears that he has changed his tune over the last couple years. At his most recent State of the League speech back in December, Garber announced that “MLS will add video assisted refereeing in 2017, beginning with testing and experimenting in the first half of the season before a full rollout to every MLS game after the midsummer All-Star Game.”
VAR experimentation in MLS will start this preseason, giving 15 out of the 22 teams an opportunity to experience the technology.