Major League Soccer and the United Soccer League (USL) announced on Friday morning that they have received approval from the International Football Association Board (The IFAB) to conduct live Video Assistant Referee (VAR) experiments in select competitive matches during the remainder of the USL regular season.
The first VAR experiment in a competitive match takes place on Friday night at Red Bull Arena, where New York Red Bulls II host Orlando City B (4 p.m. PT, free live stream via YouTube and USL MatchCenter). Other VAR experiments will be conducted at four other Red Bulls II matches: Aug.