To hear the arguments against instant replay in soccer is to hear talk of the free-flowing nature of the game.
“Instant replay has really slowed up a couple of other sports,” Crew SC captain Michael Parkhurst said. “The nice thing about soccer is that it just keeps going.”
But getting calls correct — goals, penalties, offsides and balls out of bounds — takes priority for coach and sporting director Gregg Berhalter.
“It can be done in an instant,” Berhalter said. “I mean, you can get all this stuff right. So why not?”
Berhalter is a staunch supporter of using instant replay and line technology in Major League Soccer, and it is no surprise he spoke at length when asked about the subject three days after referee Ted Unkel presided over a late-game debacle in a 3-2 Crew win over New York City FC at Mapfre Stadium.