A new Major League Soccer video review system being launched this weekend won’t help the Sounders much with one of their biggest gripes about officiating thus far.
The Sounders are downright peeved with how some of their most skilled players have been targeted in recent weeks by opponents bent on slowing them down. There’s little a new Video Assisted Referee being installed at every Major League Soccer match starting Saturday, when the Sounders play at Minnesota against the expansion United side, can do to help.
Video review can only be used on plays resulting in goals, penalties, direct red cards and cases of mistaken identity.