I’d love to use my lede to make some witty remark about VAR and how bad MLS officiating has been to us this year and how we were robbed of a point last night against the energy drinks and that Bruce looks like he might up and have a stroke one day trying to comprehend decisions on the touchline, but there’s a much more simple explanation for last night: The New England Revolution were well and truly shit.
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New England at Inter Miami, Matchweek 12: Them’s the breaks sometimes
A loss to Inter Miami was never going to be easy to stomach, but last night’s 2-1 defeat left a particularly sour taste in this writer’s mouth because so much of this game was out of the Revs’ control, and instead was left to odd, erratic twists of fate. Without even getting into the officiating and how VAR was implemented, a lot of this game can be summed up by saying Miami put one rocket, off-target shot into the box 7 minutes in, and it caromed off Dave Romney and into the net. In the second half, the Revs pinged two balls off of Dixon Arroyo (at least I think it was him both times) inside his own six and the ball ricocheted away from the net. Sometimes, them’s just the breaks.
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It looked like VAR was going to finally go in New England’s favor! Then, because of VAR, the game went not in New England’s favor. Quick thoughts!
It was too good to be true when Andrew Farrell wasn’t called for a penalty as the clock ticked into stoppage time during Saturday’s 1-1 draw with the Columbus Crew. Farrell’s arm definitely made contact with the ball, and in the reverse situation I would have been hootin’ and hollerin’ at my computer screen (let the wife take the TV for the night) about how robbed we were.
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