The All Star Game has come and gone and MLS has decided to throw a new wrinkle into the second half of the season: the implementation of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
While VAR has been used to varying degrees of effectiveness in the FIFA Confederations Cup and lower leagues, including the second-division United Soccer League in North America, MLS will be the first top-flight league in the world to implement the system. One can assume that it will also be making its way into the English Premier League, La Liga and the Bundesliga ahead of it’s FIFA World Cup debut next year.