PRO, the organization that oversees officiating in MLS, acknowledged that referee Silviu Petrescu awarded a penalty kick in error in the 86th minute of Saturday’s match between the ColumbusCrew and Orlando City and VAR should have overturned it for a clear and obvious error.

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