I get a lot of reader email asking me to write about the state of refereeing in Major League Soccer. A lot of folks who have grown up with the game say it stinks, and I can't say whether it does or it doesn't because as a soccer non purist I have little basis for comparison.
But that's no barrier to doing a story. My job isn't to know things. It's to find things out.
The problem with writing about MLS refs is that most coaches and players are reluctant to criticize them because they know the league will crack down on them.
Apparently, TFC's John Carver is not most coaches.
Carver knows the league will come calling early this week, but said yesterday he'll call them first to discuss his disgust.



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