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Monday, March 23, 2015

MLS Week 3 Reports: One of the best weeks ever in the MLS

Welcome to MLS Week 3 Reports, where I give you my take on the crucial MLS calls this week.

New England 0-0 Montreal              Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)
Excellent refereeing from Jurisevic, who looked good in his 2015 MLS debut.
61st Minute: Montreal's Hassoun Camara, already playing on a yellow, tugs the jersey of Juan Agudelo to keep from advancing. Obvious stopping a promising attack and second yellow for Jurisevic.
86th Minute: Revolution fans want a PK after Charlie Davies goes down in the box. Not much replay on it, but I think it was a good tackle by the Montreal defender. Good no-call by Jurisevic.

Colorado 0-0 New York City FC     Referee: Sorin Stoica (Canada)
Stoica was very strong, especially on a crucial 82nd minute decision. On an unrelated note, Pablo Mastroeni's bow tie rocks.
82nd Minute: Colorado's Juan Ramirez is knocked over by NYC's Shay Facey on the edge of the box.  Great job by Stoica and his assistant to spot the foul location just outside the box. Also a good decision to send Facey off with a second yellow.

Philadelphia 0-2 FC Dallas               Referee: José Carlos Rivero (United States)
Good work by Rivero, who showed real guts to make a key red card call.
41st Minute: Philly's Zach Pfeffer leads with his elbow on Mauro Diaz. It looked intentional to me, and Rivero did well to send Pfeffer off.

Orlando 0-1 Vancouver                    Referee: Jorge Gonzalez (United States)
Gonzalez was at expected level in the game with one debatable call.
31st Minute: Orlando's Kevin Molino goes down on a challenge from Kendall Watson from behind. Hard for me to tell from the only angle I could find, but my hunch is that it was enough to warrant a penalty kick.

New York 2-0 DC United                Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)
Kelly was once again excellent, and I was impressed by his continued poise in key situations.
91st Minute: New York's Matt Miazga fouls DC's Davy Arnaud in the box. It doesn't look like much at first, but after another look it is clear that Miazga stuck his leg into the path of Arnaud. Good decision by Kelly.

Sporting Kansas City 0-0 Portland    Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)
LA Galaxy 1-1 Houston                    Referee: Juan Guzman (United States)
San Jose 2-1 Chicago                       Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)
No controversy in good efforts from these crews.

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