ENFIELD, England -- The United States women's national team spent its training camp in England preparing to control everything in its power during the World Cup. Players got a reminder Wednesday night that Video Assistant Referee (VAR) is not among those things.
Like many soccer fans across the globe, members of the U.S. team relaxed Wednesday evening watching the UEFA Nations League semifinal between Portugal and Switzerland. And like fans everywhere, they puzzled at the curious sequence of events that turned what appeared to be a certain penalty call against Switzerland into a penalty kick for the Swiss at the other end of the field after referee Felix Brych studied replays of an apparent earlier infringement.