Use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system helped the Colorado Rapids snatch a stoppage-time equalizer on Wednesday, as they held Sporting Kansas City to a 1-1 draw in game one of the Desert Diamond Cup.
Referee Allen Chapman awarded the Rapids a penalty after reviewing a call for handball, before Dillon Powers stepped up to cancel out Amer Didic’s headed opener just after the break.
VAR is being trialed at the Desert Diamond Cup in Tucson, and will be in use for all games. It was called upon in game one, and worked in favor of the Rapids.