Three yellow cards, one straight red card, and two uses of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) were administered by Professional Referees Organization’s (PRO) Mark Geiger and his officiating crew in Sporting Kansas City’s 2-0 home loss to NYCFC last Sunday during MLS’s kickoff weekend.
The game management brought critiques from Sporting KC’s Head coach Peter Vermes on Thursday.
“I was very impressed in how fast Mark dealt with kicking the ball away or standing in front of the ball with a yellow card because it changes the game,” said Vermes. “And how fast he dealt with the goalkeeper slowing the game down very early in the second half.