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Notebook: That wasn’t a penalty

Saturday night Minnesota United had what seemed like a sure win ripped away at the last moments by a penalty called for the Vancouver Whitecaps. Consensus thought across the Twitterverse (among other places) was that it was not a penalty and that head referee Lukasz Szpala made a massive mistake. Heath even started off his press conference on Friday sayin,

“I think the referee [Lukasz Szpala] was the only one who thought it was [a penalty], but considering the night he had, I shouldn’t be surprised that he’s probably made a really poor decision in the 93rd minute because he’s made them most of the evening, I felt.