Hello all,
so I noticed that it doesn't look like this hasn't been mentioned or talked about on here. Sorry if this is a repost, but looks like replays are going to be part of MLS according to this SI article.
"Major League Soccer has told FIFA that it’s interested in becoming the first pro soccer league to experiment with a video-replay system that would allow coaches to challenge referee decisions, league commissioner Don Garber told SI.com in an interview on Thursday. Earlier this week, FIFA president Sepp Blatter renewed his support of a video challenge system, calling for it to be tested in 2015 in one of the world’s domestic leagues and/or the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand. Blatter said coaches would have the right to challenge a refereeing decision once or twice per half, but only when the game is stopped.
Once the challenge is made, Blatter said, the referee and the coach would watch the replay on a nearby monitor, whereupon the referee would uphold or change the decision."
Rest of the article is here: http://www.si.com/soccer/planet-futb...p-blatter-fifa
Personally I'm all for it, and would hope it'll deter divers, but I don't think we'll have this in place for the next round of qualifiers sadly. I don't see why it wouldn't be doable. I mean just have 2-3 guys looking at videos ahead of time (assuming the challenge isn't made on the spot) to speed it up for the ref somehow.
What do you guys think?