Gonzalez had three key calls to make in this match, and I agree with all three of his decisions.
4th Minute: NY's Sal Zizzo makes a run towards goal into a crowded box when Steven Beitashour slides into him. Gonzalez points to the spot, and I agree due to the fact that though Beitashour got the ball, he went through Zizzo to do so.
11th Minute: New York's Sacha Kljestan gets tangled up with Kendell Watson in the box, eventually throwing an elbow at the Vancouver defender. After the elbow, Kljestan started kicking behind with studs showing at Watson. Gonzalez comes over and correctly sends Kljestan off. No room for Kljestan's actions in a football match.
64th Minute: Gonzalez whistles for a penalty after a New York cross sails through the box. At first, I thought there was no contact, but a second looked showed that Beitashour had been pulling Anatole Bertrand Abang's shirt back as Abang went up for the ball. Great penalty spot by Gonzalez, but for the second time in the game, the Red Bulls failed to capitalize.
Gonzalez shows a yellow card to Gershon Koffie
Toronto 0-2 NYCFC Referee: Allen Chapman (United States)
Chapman had one important call to make in this match, but I think he unfortunately got it wrong.
8th Minute: Benoit Cheyrou of Toronto controls the ball in the box, but it takes a bad bounce of his leg onto his outstretched arm. Chapman calls a penalty, but I would argue that this was a ball to hand and not a handball because Cheyrou's arm was in a natural position.
Portland 2-0 Houston Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
Toledo had a very tough match with two key decisions to make.
15th Minute: Raul Rodriguez thinks he has put Houston up 1-0, but Toledo calls a foul off the ball on Ricardo Clark. Houston are outraged when they see that there wasn't any major contact by Clark, but Toledo had whistled Clark for obstructing the trailing defender. MLS rules state that an attacker can't intentionally block a defender's path without going for the ball, and since Clark was doing this, Toledo got this call right.
59th Minute: Toledo points to the spot after seeing a hold by Houston's David Horst on Norberto Paparatto. Paparatto goes down easily, but it certainly was still a hold. Good call by Toledo.
DC United 2-1 New England Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
Elfath had a pretty easy match, with just one big call to make.
80th Minute: Miguel Aguilar of DC gets slid into on the left edge of the box by Steve Neumann, resulting in a penalty call from Elfath. No question on whether it was a foul for me, but I'm not 100% sure that the foul was in the box. I don't have a convincing angle, but I think Neumann's contact was inside the box. Good call by Elfath.
Colorado 1-1 FC Dallas Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)Portland 2-0 Houston Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
Toledo had a very tough match with two key decisions to make.
15th Minute: Raul Rodriguez thinks he has put Houston up 1-0, but Toledo calls a foul off the ball on Ricardo Clark. Houston are outraged when they see that there wasn't any major contact by Clark, but Toledo had whistled Clark for obstructing the trailing defender. MLS rules state that an attacker can't intentionally block a defender's path without going for the ball, and since Clark was doing this, Toledo got this call right.
59th Minute: Toledo points to the spot after seeing a hold by Houston's David Horst on Norberto Paparatto. Paparatto goes down easily, but it certainly was still a hold. Good call by Toledo.
DC United 2-1 New England Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
Elfath had a pretty easy match, with just one big call to make.
80th Minute: Miguel Aguilar of DC gets slid into on the left edge of the box by Steve Neumann, resulting in a penalty call from Elfath. No question on whether it was a foul for me, but I'm not 100% sure that the foul was in the box. I don't have a convincing angle, but I think Neumann's contact was inside the box. Good call by Elfath.
Seattle 0-2 San Jose Referee: Juan Guzman (United States)
Montreal 2-0 Orlando Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)
Los Angeles 5-1 Philadelphia Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)
Real Salt Lake 2-1 Kansas City Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
Good games for these four with little controversy to speak of. Nice work by them and their crews.
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