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CONCACAF will conduct a video review during the final two windows of World Cup qualifiers starting next week.
U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter criticized North American, Central American and Caribbean football’s governing body in September for the lack of a video assistant referee (VAR).
“That’s where modern gaming is going,” he said. “We want to be on par with the rest of the world, our region, in terms of quality and technology. We need to find a way to get that done.”
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VAR will be used in the remaining six qualifiers for each of the eight teams in the final round, CONCACAF said on Wednesday. It will also be added to this year’s CONCACAF Women’s Championships, which are used to determine qualification for the Women’s World Cup and Olympic Games, the CONCACAF Men’s and Women’s Under-20 Championships and this year’s CONCACAF Champions League.
FIFA’s World Cup regulations allow regional federations to implement video censorship and goal-line technology. CONCACAF said in April it would use VAR for the remainder of the 2021 Champions League, last June’s Nations League semi-finals and last summer’s Gold Cup.
FIFA used VAR at the 2018 Men’s World Cup and the 2019 Women’s World Cup. The Premier League used video commentary from the 2019-20 season, while UEFA used the Champions League from the same season. UEFA started using it during World Cup qualifiers in September.
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