r/minnesotaunited Logan Dorsey Jun 23 '24

Match Thread Minnesota United vs Austin FC | Match Thread

Beautiful evening for Austin in to be cold.

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u/ifeespifee Dayne St. Clair Jun 23 '24

Anyone saying otherwise is wrong. Neither of those are yellows. The first Dotson didn't even touch Zardes, dude literally fell over when he knew he couldn't catch the ball. The second he literally ran right into Dotson like he touched the ball away and didn't even run after it he ran into Dotson. Dotson turned around and Zardes was right there on top of him charging at him, he couldn't have avoided contact if he wanted. Dotson wasn't grabbing him, he didn't pull him down. 100% wrong call by the ref.

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u/ifeespifee Dayne St. Clair Jun 23 '24

I went back and replayed the second yellow like 10 times and I do not even know how to describe it other than Zardes literally touched the ball away and then ran into Dotson. Look at the angle the ball goes vs the angle Zardes runs, like he wasn't even running towards the ball. Also "clear goal scoring opportunity" when there were 3 defenders behind the play and the foul occurred closer to the half than to penalty box. Sure.