Whatever Vancouver Whitecaps fans might think of Tim Ford’s performance as referee on Saturday, the revelation that his family has a love of LAFC seems to be leading to change within the organization that oversees Major League Soccer’s on-field officials.

“We are re-evaluating our processes about what constitutes a connection with a club,” Professional Referees’ Organization spokesperson Chris Rivett said, succinctly, on Tuesday.

After all the social media controversy that popped up after Saturday’s 2-1 Whitecaps loss to the San Jose Earthquakes, a game filled with contentious calls by Ford, fans found a collection of posts on Instagram by Ford’s wife that were taken as showing bias toward LAFC, and thus obviously against the Whitecaps, the argument ran.

As part of PRO’s game-by-game re

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