In PRO’s weekly segment about the video reviews from the week prior, they confirmed what every Sporting Kansas City player, fan, writer and of course their coach already knew. The penalty kick call against Johnny Russell for a handball was the incorrect one.
Greg Barker, the Manager of Video Review, said in his weekly segment all the things we already knew. Russell was too close to the ball as it was kicked and his arm was in a natural position. He concludes the segment with, “unfortunately this was an incorrect review and a penalty kick should not have been given.