The debut of video review in Major League Soccer on Saturday saw FC Dallas become the league's first club to have a goal ruled out by the system in their 3-1 loss to the Philadelphia Union. Dallas, trailing 3-0 in Philadelphia, thought they had pulled a goal back in the 80th minute when Argentine Max Urruti followed up on a Christian Colman effort that had been parried by Union keeper John McCarthy, knocking in the rebound.
But Colman's effort included a kick at McCarthy, and referee Ricardo Salazar was alerted to the possibility of a foul. After a 15-second review, Salazar ruled that there was indeed a kick on McCarthy, and the goal was disallowed. MLS announced in July that it would implement the video assistant referee (VAR) system league-wide after the All-Star break, making it among the first domestic leagues to use the system hailed by FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the Confederations Cup in June.
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