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James O’Connor Has a History with VAR Who Didn’t Overturn Crew Penalty

Life is strange and, as Rust Cohle said in Season 1 of True Detective, time is a flat circle.

James O’Connor was fairly diplomatic Saturday night after his team saw a 2-1 lead turn into a 3-2 loss at Columbus, helped in large part by a penalty call that shouldn’t have stood, per the Professional Referee Organization.

“I am not going to speak about the referee, everyone else at home can see what is going on,” O’Connor said after the match. “It is just really, really disappointing for the players because the players didn’t deserve that tonight, they really didn’t.