{"id":46738,"date":"2017-09-14T21:36:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T01:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=46738"},"modified":"2017-09-14T21:44:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T01:44:12","slug":"heaps-bemoans-use-of-var-in-thrashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=46738","title":{"rendered":"Heaps Bemoans Use of VAR in Thrashing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_46739\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46739\" data-attachment-id=\"46739\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?attachment_id=46739\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Heaps.png?fit=600%2C416\" data-orig-size=\"600,416\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Heaps\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo credit: Kari Heistad\/capturedimages.biz&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Heaps.png?fit=300%2C208\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Heaps.png?fit=600%2C416\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Heaps.png?resize=600%2C416\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Heaps.png?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Heaps.png?resize=300%2C208 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-46739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Kari Heistad\/capturedimages.biz<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jay Heaps had never seen anything like it. And it&#8217;s safe to say few soccer fans had, either.<\/p>\n<p>In a wild first half that Atlanta dominated from the start, Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Ted Unkel was at the center of two calls that profoundly impacted the Revolution&#8217;s fortunes in Wednesday&#8217;s 7-0 defeat to the expansion side.<\/p>\n<p>In the 16th minute, referee Baldomero Toledo sent off Xavier Kouassi after consulting with Unkel. Then, in the 37th minute, Toledo went to the tablet again before citing Antonio Delamea for a handball in the area, which led to the defender&#8217;s dismissal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width='600' height='480' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen src='https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/iframe-video?ooyala_id=dzc2FvYzE6TPovlZSqZQsNWTMQMBh0KH&#038;partner_code=I1djcxOsLrwl8b-9xe2r_DCXV4cV&#038;player_id=4bfc225f82bf46c48dfb065eda97f74f'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re going to see more (matches) like this (one),&#8221; Heaps told the media after the match. &#8220;With the VAR, I feel like they overstepped what I think they should be doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>VAR was officially instituted on Aug.  4 to review game-changing plays such as goals, penalties, straight red cards and cases of mistaken identity.  Once a play is under review, the referee also has the discretion to adjust any call made during that sequence.<\/p>\n<p>On the play that prompted the red card to Kouassi, the Revolution midfielder put his studs into the left calf Leandro Gonz\u00e1lez Pirez. Initially, only a foul was called on Kouassi as Pirez grabbed his leg in pain. <\/p>\n<p>But moments later, Toledo got the signal from Unkel, and after the man in the middle reviewed the replay, he sent off Kouassi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There have been challenges I&#8217;ve seen over the course of the first couple weeks that were very similar to that one, not VARed, and moved on,&#8221; Heaps said. &#8220;Having seen this one, it&#8217;s a little bit debatable, a little bit harsh at the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Kouassi wasn&#8217;t the only Revolution player caught on camera. With halftime right around the corner, Delamea was charged with a handball in the box after Josef Martinez&#8217;s shot caromed off the defender&#8217;s left arm right in front of goal.<\/p>\n<p>Again, the play continued without incident before it was eventually cleared over the line. But during the stoppage, Toledo once again went to the tape and moments later, issued a double-whammy for the Revolution: a penalty kick, and another dismissal, this time to Delamea.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width='600' height='480' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen src='https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/iframe-video?ooyala_id=s1NGJvYzE6p5PdG-JzLbZpYx1T2IPdfN&#038;partner_code=hqaGoyOm_N1INKlDhoB8jUC2dvxW&#038;player_id=cd7519e78d844853aed072fb93f70ba3'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s match was the second one in which the Revolution came out on the wrong end of a replay review.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago against Orlando City, Lee Nguyen had a goal nullified after the VAR determined that teammate Teal Bunbury was in an offside position on the buildup.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Heaps has been a fervent supporter of video replay for years. But following Wednesday&#8217;s debacle, it&#8217;s fair to say he hasn&#8217;t been thrilled with the early returns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is what it is,&#8221; Heaps said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a new age and new era, it&#8217;s not pleasant, and we learned our lesson.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Heaps &#038; video replay are no longer bffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[1694,891,888,892,1687],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Heaps.png?fit=600%2C416","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46738"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46738"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46745,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46738\/revisions\/46745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}