“I won’t be surprised if it is a bad call, seems to happen to us every week,” head coach Adrian Heath said Sunday following the 2-2 draw with New England.
Officiating hasn’t gone the way of Orlando City recently. From a missed offsides call that allowed Philadelphia to score on a free kick and result in a loss for the Lions two weeks ago to last week's phantom handball call resulting in a draw, many around the sport are clamoring for the use of instant replay in matches. Even Peter Walton, the general manager of the Professional Referee Organization who supplies the MLS with its officials told the Orlando Sentinel’s Mike Bianchi soccer needs instant replay. But Orlando City captain Kaka, not so sure.
“In my opinion I don’t think so, because it’s part of the game, Kaka said.” “Sometimes it’s not fair, but it’s part of the game. I think some things, like if the ball goes in, I think that we could use the replay, but for a little mistake, like I said Sunday I don’t think the official goes on the field to harm some team.
Lions goalie Joe Bendik taking more of a wait and see approach.
“I think it’s been a rough couple of weeks, for the whole league,” said Bendik. “Would it help? I don’t know, if it could not interrupt with the flow of the game, then of course but, we just got to see it out, it’ll all come around.”
“He can make some mistakes, one day he’s for us, one day he’s for the other team, it’s part of the game,” said Kaka.
A game that will still go on as scheduled this Sunday in New York.