Dear Kunp, Wrong.... First of all, no any referee will be influence or intimidate by any player or team. That has been misunderstanding. Referee didn't awarded penalty. I think this is endless claim in between two parties with their prospective. Unless real person (referee) verify. By the way, you can do that through organizer. Second, DC doesn't have to be lucky. They have proven last four year by winning championship. As far as I know, they are in final all the time in ANA soccer history. Having said that, there is no doubt that NY is good team this year. It was how you play. I think DC play smart soccer by playing defensive game after one goal lead. If you talk about luck, NY was lucky to get bye to get semi-final and they got LA (all of us know what type of team LA were). It was DC that has to play three days twice with Dallas add Nebraska/Kansas player on semi-final.