Referee Lockout

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps and Major League Soccer chat.Vancouver Whitecaps' CONCACAF Champions Cup dreams are over for another year after a good performance, but ultimately a defeat against Tigres. We look back at the second leg, the takeaways from both matches heading into the league campaign, and get some postgame thoughts from Vanni Sartini. The 2024 MLS season kicks off this week, sans Whitecaps, and there's a lot to talk about.We look at the brand new kits that will be worn this season, starting with the Whitecaps' navy and gold 50th anniversary kit, and we pick our five best and worst jerseys from the new crop. We also look at the new initiatives that we'll see implemented in the league this season and find out whether goal-line technology is on the league's radar. But who will implement these new initiatives? Well a bunch of replacement officials to begin with it appears as MLS and PRO lock out the current group of referees. What impact will this have in the first round of matches?This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Recovery Family Law, family law lawyers in Surrey, working with clients to get excellent results. They support AFTN, go and support them for all your family legal needs.Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:02.08: Intro06.30: Whitecaps' Champions Cup dreams over23.48: What's happening with this year's Canadian Championship?39.35: Whitecaps launch 50th anniversary kit49.25: The rest of MLS 2024 new kits discussion86.10: This week in 197493.25: MLS' new initiatives for the season105.30: MLS refs locked out126.50: Wavelength - The Old Firm Casuals - Never Say Die

The MLS season will kick off with replacement referees after unionized match officials rejected the terms offered during Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations. Jimmy Conrad, Jesse Marsch and Tony Meola discuss the Professional Soccer Referees Association’s (PSRA) demands as well as the potential impact that stand-in refs could have on the competition. Ref lockout (05:13): MLS/PRO and PSRA at odds before Inter Miami vs. Real Salt Lake season opener. Americans Abroad (18:04): Ricardo Pepi needs to score more; Josh Sargent can’t be ignored; why does Gio Reyna struggle for minutes? What classifies a “signature win”? (34:52): Gregg Berhalter’s time constraints; Style and substance “not mutually exclusive” PSV vs. Dortmund preview (47:55): three Americans left standing in UCL; Folarin Balogun’s Monaco goal drought. Call It What You Want is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow the Call It What You Want team on X: @JimmyConrad, @CharlieDavies9, @jessemarsch For more soccer coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ You can also watch Call It What You Want on the CBS Sports Golazo Network for free on connected TVs and mobile devices through the CBS Sports app, Pluto TV, and on CBSSports.com as well as Paramount+. Watch UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, Serie A, Coppa Italia, CONCACAF, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, NWSL, Scottish Premiership, Brasileiro, Argentine Primera División, AFC Champion League by subscribing to Paramount+ Sign up to the Golazo newsletter, your ultimate guide to the Beautiful Game as our experts take you beyond the pitch and around the globe with news that matters. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices