The only review I’d be interested in seeing is goaline technology.

Ala this: http://www.cairos.com/unternehmen/gltsystem.php

Goalline technology has been rejected by the IFAB and FIFA, but Line Judges have been added in the Europa League up to the knockout stages (about 200 matches).

That would mean 5 officials “on” the pitch. That could be enacted by 2010 for MLS, as the EL test concludes in December.

I’d like to see some honest referee reviews first. Technology is great, but without an honest organization running it, it’s completely irrelevant. USSF is not that organization.

Which of the “terrible” referee decisions that have gone against the Sounders this season would have been affected by post-match video review?
Two cases conveniently highlighted at the US Soccer Referee site are the Riley Sendoff and last week’s Ljungberg Sendoff

With Riley’s red, even though they acknowledge that the ref lost control of the situation and should issued a caution to Berhalter, I don’t see a review committee excusing subsequent infractions, even if they are a direct result of the referee’s incompetence.

As for Ljunberg’s send-off, the video review convinced the referee commitee that he was guilty of both simulation and dissent, even though those of use with rave-green tinted glasses on clearly see that there was contact initiated by the defender (the hip-check) and that Ljunberg initially made special effort to direct his vituperation away from the ref so that it would be an emotional outburst and not dissent.

jmc, if video review was in place, maybe a doubtful like the Ljungberg one doesn’t get made during run of play as the ref leaves it up to slow motion and video to figure it out.

Let’s say that the review reaches the same conclusion, and he gets the yellow. It would still only be a post match yellow, no dissent. No Red, no game changing call, and unlikely to miss the San Jose match.

For any of this to work, the USSF has to really want to improve the refereeing. Instead, they act as more of a union for the referees.

This is a great idea if you have decent refs and an honest ref association. But, in the US, this would be just another way to punish the players.

I have never seen a league that goes out of its way to punish the players.