Revs Players Comment On PRO's Statement About Disallowed Goal
Ian Harkes: "Hopefully, they’re able to get those moments right in the future."
The New England Revolution are moving on from last weekend’s disallowed goal, hoping they won’t see anything like it again.
On Saturday, it looked like Andrew Farrell scored a late equalizer against the New York Red Bulls, but it was called back when the referee deemed that an offside Giacomo Vrioni was in the sight line of the goalkeeper.
On Monday, the Professional Referee Organization issued a statement acknowledging “that an error was made and the goal should have been allowed.” PRO claimed that the Video Assistant Referee and on-field referees didn’t see the deflection.
If the goal had stood, the Revs would have gained a point and extended their unbeaten run to eight straight.
“It’s obviously extremely disappointing,” Ian Harkes said about the goal being called back. “You know, the effort that [Farrell] put in and for him to get rewarded at the end of the game like that, for the whole team to fight back, it should have been a point.”
Some Revs players are choosing to focus on the grit that the team exhibited. They showed great resolve to stay in the game despite being down a man and a goal in a difficult atmosphere.
“I think it’s important that they were willing to put their hand up and say, yeah, this was a mistake,” Ryan Spaulding said of PRO’s statement. “But really, there’s not much you can do about it. We just have to look at the game like, we were a man down and probably could’ve gotten a point out of it. But you move on.”
The hope is that the Revs don’t experience anything like this in the future. This is especially true because they’ve already seen similar calls this year, such as when Dylan Borrero’s goal on Apr. 1 was waved back.
“There’s nothing we can do about it now,” Harkes said. “You obviously saw the apology and everything like that. It doesn’t really help, but hopefully, they’re able to get those moments right in the future.”
Again, the 'hope they don't get it wrong again' seems kind of hollow, since this is the 2nd time this has happened - AND they also got the Carles Gil yellow-card horribly wrong as well - yet nothing is really changing. Hope isn't change/improvement.
Their statement is to little to late. Before they make those calls they should really take a good look at the replays. Do these guys have Optical Insurance? If so they should take advantage of it!