HIGHLIGHTS: Austin FC vs. Orlando City SC | May 22, 2022

[@xammendoza667]

MLS - Let's make this game extra spicy. AUSTIN - I'll give up two goals. ORLANDO - Hold my ball, I'll give up two men.

[@goodgaming2247]

My first time seeing a pro soccer game first hand and what an exciting game it was! Go AFC!!!!

[@stansmith5610]

Well you got to watch a biased ref first hand

[@TheAustinGuy]

@@stansmith5610 cry

[@xvm4niakvx629]

@@TheAustinGuy y’all are a bunch of bi**es 🤣🤣

[@xiv1496]

@@TheAustinGuy he looked biased to be honest

[@tracker4854]

@@stansmith5610 bro Orlando was lucky to be in the match. Credit to them for capitalizing on Austin’s mistakes. But biased? Pfft. Go watch the ref in the Miami Red Bull game.

[@cx34]

What an insane game, I’m gonna need a couple of days to process it.

[@sethfreakinrollins3029]

Biased ref smh

[@FaraZaminii]

Guys I’m from England and trust me this standard of refereeing is shocking. He made the game really entertaining tho. 😄

[@josiahmarsh9453]

Oh we're 100% aware lol

[@lovablelarry2384]

What a crazy game

[@Anipaper_]

Can't believe how unfair the refereeing was

[@lovablelarry2384]

@@Anipaper_ I can agree to an extent. I think the first red card was a bit of a stretch but I think the kick out was fair

[@stansmith5610]

What a BIASED game

[@Jimmer93]

Keepers can't seem to pass in the MLS! The amount of times I've seen keepers do that this season is unreal! And F**k me, you should be beating 9 men!

[@mhatxgc8651]

Hard when all nine men are sitting in the box lol, all you can really do is whip crosses in and pray

[@GMartin407]

@@mhatxgc8651 did you watch the game? You're mental.

[@Charlie-tc7nq]

It was 9 for the last 10 minutes while we were down still, all defenders were also in the box

[@gogousa6661]

Karius, Mendy, De Gea etc have all made horrific errors in Champions League and World Cups. Most goals scored at every level of Football are because of bad plays from the conceding team...

[@pgpro8691]

Yeah I’ve seen keepers in every league make horrible mistakes it’s nothing new.

[@In90minutesPodcast]

Cowards show the fact that the last Austin corner that resulted in the equalizer was a clear GK for Orlando. Highway robbery this whole game

[@daginger4281]

and since when did you get a yellow card for an accidental handball. especially when the 2nd one hit his sleeve

[@danielbailey9049]

@@daginger4281 the second one was also in a natural position. Not even a handball imo

[@jesusgamundi7185]

Lol MLS not showing how they got that corner for the 2nd Austin goal 🤣

[@colemorehead2998]

🧂

[@stansmith5610]

How did they get it?

[@brunovieira547]

@@stansmith5610 an austin fc player headed the ball to another austin fc player which got out of bound

[@tagg6002]

EXACTLY mls hates orlando

[@exeterjedi6730]

Referee did everything he could to help Austin. Still couldn't win.

[@woodson21]

When you’re down 2-0, winning is no longer the goal. Simply getting a result (one point) is a great accomplishment. A tie never felt more like a win than last night.

[@exeterjedi6730]

@@woodson21 fair play - all these points will count in the end

[@kaybmagic12]

Why do refs hate Orlando? Is it the Obt chant?

[@Amuse0923]

That second red card was bs

[@tagg6002]

@@Amuse0923 thank you

[@void_skyy]

@@Amuse0923 the second card was fair, you cant kick someone like that after a foul

[@Amuse0923]

@@void_skyy hee was on the ground trying to get up

[@Chosenmapalo]

The first goal was absolutely horrible

[@jared_quackenbush]

First red absolute garbage and the last corner that Austin tied the match on was clearly a goal kick. What a joke!

[@killercaos123]

I seriously have a negative understanding of the handball rule at this point

[@Vrapt0r.]

First one is good. Arm is in a unnatural position and it is a shot on goal Second one is for a good debate. He does move his elbow out but he jumps slightly and only a little movement from it. I have it to no hand but based of he moved it out. It is for debate

[@perosinalmc7143]

austin fc shoulda capitalized on that double red more, u need to if u want 1st place

[@Charlie-tc7nq]

Lots of missed shots in those last few minutes, greats saves by Orlando’s keeper

[@perrondenais684]

True, but at the end of the day, no austin fan is actually expecting first place. That's really not what we are even fighting for... Our expectations are low after last year so this is all great

[@perosinalmc7143]

@@perrondenais684 yea but we def got potential and we are in a good seat so why not aim for it

[@perrondenais684]

@@perosinalmc7143 For sure! I'm presenting it as more of a reaction to the rest of the league saying "calm down ATX you're not gonna win the league lol." We as fans get happy about not being bad, then the rest of the league feels like they need to tell us why we aren't the best in the league and it's like, yeah we don't think we are don't worry

[@MyMTBVideoYouTube]

Orlando should have won. Referee mistake. VAR mistake! Before that last corner kick of the goal. Ball hits Austin player in the head it should have been Orlando’s Kick and Austin should have never gotten the corner kick to begin with. Might need two eyes or more eyes on that screen in Atlanta. These are the kind of easy mistakes that change games. Not acceptable. These highlights did not show the play.

[@thepigproductivity]

You can’t VAR a corner kick

[@MyMTBVideoYouTube]

@@thepigproductivity you think you couldn’t mess up an easy call. But hey there you. Not VARing a corner kick. Stupid rule. Change it or get more eyes in the ball and make better calls. Just because it’s a rule doesn’t make it a good one. Get it together fifa. You too MLS.

[@alibennaser2808]

Austin goal keeper damaged his team from the beginning.

[@Pteargriffin1]

Can’t wait to see the “Instant Replay” segment where they will again admit the call against Orlando was wrong with no repercussions. ML$ is such a joke.

[@thepigproductivity]

The call wasn’t wrong and those people aren’t referees in any respect

[@AlexFromPhoenix]

I’m here because Joe Rogan said he was at the game.

[@ProfeFut]

So much help from the refs this season is not even funny anymore

[@nimakhazei]

🧂🧂🧂🧂

[@armandolapeda5367]

What a shame by the MLS. Not a good example for the kids

[@kennethzinke9168]

Does the two Major League Soccer teams, Austin FC (which they belong in the Western Conference) and the Orlando City SC (which they belong in the Eastern Conference) have Southern roots? Did they play on the 22nd day of May?

[@MAX445maxsutherland]

What a terrible piece of officiating unbelievable what a robbery as per

[@adzter96]

Schlegel's arm literally only goes out after the ball hits it. Dickerson and VAR were a joke.

[@Anipaper_]

Absolutely

[@davidt3956]

Nope, it went out to meet the ball.

[@Reazon54ATX]

That's a subjective statement.

[@thepigproductivity]

@@Reazon54ATX no it isn’t???

[@Reazon54ATX]

@@thepigproductivity objection your honor, hearsay.

[@jamieoneill6238]

We take the tie tbh

[@stansmith5610]

S/o to ref

[@ericphilen3433]

@@stansmith5610 for what? Do you know him personally?

[@MrManoo123]

2-2 22nd 2022

[@pauloshinski693]

The red cards were unfortunate but all made sense. Blocking a shot a goal with a hand ball is an automatic yellow, and the kickout on ring is an obvious red. Only miscarriage was the corner Austin scored on that should’ve been a goal kick.

[@TheNotoriousNemo]

That reff game Austin the ball and the game, reff was man of the match

[@Anipaper_]

However, both were in line with his body, so neither should have been given as a yellow, just a foul

[@alexstewart6831]

What you need to talk about is how MLS is making the critical calls from the MLS headquarters in NYC. The final decision is not left up to the referee. They are literally fixing the games from NYC. They are probably doing it for gambling reasons or they doing it to help teams like Austin, Atlanta, Charlotte etc that have mega billionaire owners and they figure these cities are very critical to MLS progression. This type of refereeing has become quite obvious over the last 5 years. MLS is doing everything in their power to make certain teams a success or to keep the buzz going. MLS use to help NY Redbulls all the time due to the team having tremendous trouble getting fans in Redbull stadium. It’s quite obvious that MLS is helping Austin here. Orlando is my team and I watch a few other teams like NE, Timbers, Sounders etc but it’s difficult for me to get invested in MLS. The league is bad in all aspects. To be honest, although it’s a lower tier league, the USL is a better officiated and better run league than MLS. USL is ground up and MLS is top down and that’s the problem.

[@LettucePlate]

Never in a million years is the 2nd handball a yellow card. It's not even a foul. His arm didn't extend out from his body. It's literally in the rulebook that your arm has to be outstretched. They got that decision wrong 100%

[@jbraddy2795]

Which ended up losing the W for Orlando.

[@RAWOOHL]

Ref needs a raise 💚💚

[@Fabedog9]

😂

[@camilebelchher3344]

I would say he got a big paycheck from Austin.

[@Haldricsfury]

Ref already got paid off how much of a raise does he need?

[@pedrocrticeir3263]

MLS ❤

[@mackvaclaw7048]

The handballs both being yellow made no sense tonme

[@JavierGonzalez-lp3ke]

Wasn't sure what to make of this game: the 2-2 draw, Orlando playing with 9 men (for the short time), or whatever else caused this game to be whatever it was... ??

[@HenryOrtlip]

Wack refereeing. What’s the point in VAR If you don’t use it 😵‍💫

[@watermelon_boi]

He did use is for the second red and tbh it was well deserved

[@Anipaper_]

MLS, take a bow. Are you proud of this? Do you think this is good? This only happens against Orlando, these stupid calls. Credit to Austin, they actually played decent but no circumstances should they have been helped as much as they were. And they even made bad calls against Austin too? I can't even comprehend the logic of these calls. He's not even biased towards a team, he's just simply an awful referee. The first red, I can't even explain it, it was just an dumb call. Not a yellow leading up, NOT EVEN A HANDBALL FOR THE SECOND. I do understand the second red though. But! The second goal, what was the previous call. That was just simply not a corner. Oh and one more thing, you used the Austin commentary. You used that to justify YOUR ref's awful decisions? I can't believe it. What about that Jansson yellow card? Every other referee in the league would book him. Because it wasn't anything. And it's not shown in this recap for this reason. MLS, I know you don't care, I know you won't do a thing. You've done this plenty of times to Orlando in the past. Nani last year (or two seasons ago, can't remember) was sent off for something not even close to a foul. Just see the comments on the video, YOU POSTED. What about the game against Nashville, where at the death Daryl Dike's goal was ruled out for a foul on someone somewhere. Where? Fantastic question! MLS, fix this. You want to be one of the 5 major leagues by 2040? Solve this. Those dreams will never be accomplished with things like this. Apologize, or just at least cancel Schiegel's suspension. MLS, you should be ashamed Thank you for reading this all, I know it was long

[@byrongarcia7940]

As an Austin fan I can agree to some of these things

[@SeanMc224]

first red is an easy double yellow. handball outside the box causes a fk and a yellow. second is that he strectched is elbow out and hit the ball. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was strying to shoulder it but none the less hits his outstretched elbow. I couldn't see the corner from where I was sitting in the stands so i'll concede that but why are you bitching about MLS using the home teams commentary like they always do (unless it's national)??? weird, good day.

[@stansmith5610]

I agree

[@danielbailey9049]

Yeah I feel that. But trust me, Orlando is not the only team this happens to

[@greatolddoggo6917]

Frl his hand was close to his body that CLEARLY wasn't hand ball

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

In time, USA will adopt and absorb real football/soccer. The one true game that unites the world. :)

[@gshotatx]

as an austin fc fan - those reds were bs

[@Charlie-tc7nq]

They were both pretty soft reds but reds none the less, second was questionable but first although looks dumb makes sense

[@SeanMc224]

nope. first one is clear he stuck his elbow out and made contact with the ball. I'll give him the benifit of the doubt and say he was trying to shoulder it but none the less hit his outstretched elbow. second is textbook violent conduct. no matter how "soft" the kick-out was, he still INTENTIONALLY kicked out at ring which is violent conduct. good day.

[@gshotatx]

@@SeanMc224 i can see the first, the second one is really soft tho..

[@SeanMc224]

@@gshotatx ye unfortunately for everyone "soft" doesn't mean anything when it comes to violent conduct. look at the kick-out jozy had last year on opening day. was a really whimpy kick at a player running past him but since it still falls under "violent conduct" it's still a automatic red. not saying I agree but that's what IFAB decided.

[@nijaethompson1834]

@@SeanMc224 The ball hitting his sleeve is not a handball.

[@guyfieriismyhero2445]

This game had me yelling DJITEEE so loudly

[@andriadipura6393]

FIFA needs to think about some kind of "Referees Exchange" program. Unfortunately, unlike player and coach, referee is not a full-time job. So, referees barely can't move out their city, let alone country.

[@woodson21]

Watching the Orlando keeper cry and throw a temper tantrum after the second goal was so satisfying. I get it, I know it’s a part of the game, but I’ve never seen worse blatant stalling than that keeper. Dude was doing it in the first half even! Every goal kick, every save, every single thing became a lesson in patience. FFS, you’re a grown ass professional ball player, every time you grab the ball you don’t need to throw yourself to the ground and then act like you’re close to death. You want to take an extra second or two, understandable, but calling out the medical staff every play is borderline cowardice. Disgusting, really. Soooo glad to see him crying like the big baby that he is.

[@jacksondowney4327]

Austin was lucky to get a point at home. Stfu

[@sethfreakinrollins3029]

So sad Austin had to use the ref so they won't lose lol

[@nijaethompson1834]

Your team needed to play 12 vs 9 to scrape a draw, get a grip you mong.

[@Mza606]

Orlando got screwed again 😣

[@subratabhunia6709]

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[@MatthewERyan]

Alright, before I go into this rant, I’m going to congratulate referee Joe Dickerson and VAR Rosendo Mendoza on their assist on Austin’s first goal. That was arguably the most biased game I have ever watched across all of America’s sports leagues. The calling was abysmal and disgraceful. I swear that Dickerson has 12 teams he calls games in favor of and 12 he calls against. He does this across the entire league. I mean, in the 7 games he’s called for Orlando, we’ve lost five times due to poor officiating. That PK had Schlegel’s arm tucked in and that should not have been called. That should have, if anything, gone to the monitor, but Mendoza decided to take his check rather than do his job. Four “corners” on our side came off of Austin players, the goal being the only one I wasn’t sure about. Yet, 16 fouls, just under half of them being stupid, were in Austin’s favor. And last time I criticized a referee like this, 50% disagreed and the other agreed. An MLS analytic even immediately jumped to the ref’s defense, so I’ll just say don’t judge this game off of the statistics afterwards. If you watched that game on your television as a mutual or someone who has enough respect for the game to admit when you’re wrong, then you can truly see my concern. If you’re an Austin supporter who will try to justify it, don’t. Honestly, I’m amazed that you didn’t win with all the help you got, still carrying some of that luck from last season. In short, get people like Dickerson out of this league. Matchfixing has to stop!

[@MatthewERyan]

By the way, no hate to Austin fans. You guys, overall, played a good game.

[@lowellthomson1958]

As a neutral watching from Canada, it looked like this game was fixed, nothing less. Dreadful calls on the reds, the penalty, the time added... Just something very off about that game.

[@timo42069]

@@lowellthomson1958 what was wrong with the time added?

[@mhatxgc8651]

@@lowellthomson1958 the time added? The time added was fair and it’s not like Austin needed all 7 minutes to draw

[@colemorehead2998]

🤡

[@alvaropincu]

No penalty and not a red card 🙈

[@TheNotoriousNemo]

Ref was man of match for Austin. Gave Austin the ball at the end when it wasn't their ball, completely biased against Orlando. Trash ref

[@colemorehead2998]

The ref also didn’t call time wasting on the Orlando keeper until the 96’ minute 🤡

[@JustEnzoMSM977]

0:01 I hear AMOGUS from the BG

[@Edw0222]

Lmaoooo

[@nijaethompson1834]

Austin needed to play 12v9 to scrape a draw, I'm sure you feel really good about yourselves.

[@joshuaclark8829]

Austin FC fans, there's honestly no point in trying to support the refs, PRO Referees are the definition of incompetent, everyone will be screwed eventually. You've been gifted a point, be happy and acknowledge the trash refs, and ready yourselves for when your time comes

[@ericphilen3433]

Ok dumbass… Handball in box = yellow card 2 yellows = a red card Player on Orlando got butthurt Ring stepped on his foot (INCIDENTALLY) while coming down and reacted by kicking back at him = automatic red card for retaliation.

[@Fabedog9]

The ref was bought….

[@thomas8304]

Joe Dickerson participated in match fixing during this game.

[@jared5322]

I miss EPL already 😢

[@Caravan1971]

Referee🤡

[@charliecross2592]

I Went to this game and tbh I think orlando was a little toxic but their are alright I guess. I think the orlando goalie was slow and orlando kept floppin and faking fouls but that other half was hype and the whole game was complete hype!

[@AverageCarl69]

Are you actually serious? This entire game was awful I mean awful. 2 Reds were bs and then 7+ minutes of extra time and on top of that the last corner was a goal kick?? Are you actually serious..

[@js858sd]

I like the extra mins! Soccer players always wasting time!

[@Charlie-tc7nq]

The Orlando goalie wasted so much time, the minutes were justified

[@watermelon_boi]

Ight lets calm down the second red was well deserved but the first I’m not really sure about that but it did hit his hand so it was a PK because of a goal scoring opportunity but I don’t think it should of been a red and third 7+ was well deserved it’s literally felt like for 40 mins of the game Orlando was just wasting time

[@ericphilen3433]

You have no idea what you are talking about.

[@johnmcgimpsey1825]

@@watermelon_boi Per Law 12, denying a goal scoring opportunity with the hand is a mandatory send off (red).

[@danielcorales6887]

Where do they get these referees? They are awful!

[@Thomao]

Orlando City in fine traditional goon form.

[@jpm408]

Third in the east. Ok lol

[@Thomao]

@@jpm408 Was taking about the lack of self-discipline not table numbers.... Perhaps if they had self-discipline, they would be in first NOT third.

[@jpm408]

@@Thomao I think when you as a team have to do battle the opposing team and the poor officiating sometimes it affects your state of mind.

[@Thomao]

Come on, dude. Don't be THAT ref blamer guy. Disciplined teams rise above the perceived troubles....

[@nijaethompson1834]

@@Thomao When the referee gives phantom cards that's not a discipline problem.

[@lukeboss1776]

Good job Orlando,the ref made some bad calls here, San Antonio looked weak and barley scored the 2nd goal didn't deserved that point at all but even a blind dog gets lucky once in a while.

[@donfrossa1432]

Football is also played by the referee, do some research on him, he probably has some Austin ties😁

[@Matthew-ik7on]

horrible ref

[@screamavm]

AFC fans thinking they actually deserved a win. 🤣 No surprise to see these kinda calls from PRO. Reminds me of the Mullins PK for Columbus a couple seasons ago. Blown calls from Blown refs

[@miguelaguirre8878]

There was no hand ball at all ,no penalty,the ref helped austin .

[@dillonhank7359]

First and last MLS game I'll ever watch. Perfect reference video for why not to watch American soccer. Awful keeper play and even poorer refereeing. This is truly an embarrassment to the game itself.

[@1MPUL5IVE]

Haha ATX really be paying these refs for that second place lmao

[@irwinvasquez9858]

Orlando got robbed. Never seen anything like this fuckery.

[@agustinsilva5789]

MLS reffing is awful 😂

[@diegocorona5688]

20+ mins up 2 men and still couldn’t win it.

[@DMAO_Music]

And this is why the MLS is still a chump league compared to what's in Europe. The Prem, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1...aren't perfect, but WAY better officiating than the pathetic joke of a league called MLS. And this goes beyond this Orlando game.

[@alexstewart6831]

MLS is hard to watch. Really bad refereeing tonight. Why should anyone invest their time watching MLS on a regular when you are going to see what you saw tonight. The league looks bad.

[@jared5322]

Agreed

[@leonardoalencar4302]

this game is proof mls isnt football... trash refereeing, trash goals

[@alexvalaitis3342]

Orlando City fans going to complain about the result due to the red cards (which were both deserved IMO) but ignore: -Outshot 22 to 12 -Out-possessed 72% to 28% -Austin FC hit the post twice -Gifted 2 goals off Austin FC blunders If both teams are at full strength Austin FC wins 9 times out of 10 based on what I saw.

[@jacksondowney4327]

Austin was lucky to get a point up two men at home.

[@alexvalaitis3342]

​@@jacksondowney4327in this particular game, both teams were lucky to receive a point for separate reasons. To say Orlando didn't get lucky in their own right with 2 gifted goals + Austin hitting post twice is laughable.

[@jpm408]

Fyi..It could have been 4 2 if Orlando had not missed two clear goals.

[@danielphillips2554]

You must not know much about soccer

[@jacksondowney4327]

@@alexvalaitis3342 I'm not sure what a "gifted goal" is. Austin can't play through the press, and other teams know this. Had Schlegel not been shown a red card (and it's debatable that either handball deserved a yellow), Orlando wins the game easily.