MLS: Is the ref wearing pepper spray?

The Game Room
1

I’m watching a bit of the Whitecaps Real Salt Lake game while waiting for the puck to drop in the Canucks game and the soccer ref has a canister on a hip belt behind his back. Pepper spray? Is MLS a goon league? Weird.

2

It’s a paint or chalk spray to mark the 10 yard cushion that must ge given to a free kick. It’s a good idea, should be adopted by other leagues.

3

Or they could, you know, follow the rules as written and Yellow Card defenders delaying restarts by infringing.

All need for magic spray would vanish in a couple of weeks…