Hilario Grajeda was the referee in the Portland Timbers' 2-1 loss to New York City FC on Sunday.

He drew the ire of Timbers fans and players alike with no-calls in critical situations.

In the first half, he didn't award a free kick to Portland after an apparent hand ball by RJ Allen on a sequence that turned into a goal for NYCFC in the 12th minute.

Darlington Nagbe and Allen tangled near midfield. Nagbe thought Allen committed a handball and stopped, raising his arms in frustration.

Grajeda let it go, leaving Allen to send the ball down middle, splitting two Portland defenders. David Villa collected the ball and beat Timbers goalkeeper Jake Gleeson, giving NYCFC a 1-0 lead.

Here's a look:

Allen here appears to handle the ball in the lead up. It's not called though. Still a great goal. pic.twitter.com/FzFI2G114Q — Total MLS (@TotalMLS) May 16, 2016

In the second half, Grajeda didn't award a penalty kick to the Timbers after forward Lucas Melano was pulled down by Ronald Matarrita in the NYCFC box in the 53rd minute.

Here's a look:

The Melano / Matarrita incident in the box. #PORvNYC pic.twitter.com/Fz52CVrJPR — Ben Jata (@Ben_Jata) May 16, 2016

And from another angle:

Here's a transcript of post-game questions for Grajeda and the answers:

Question 1: Why did you not award a free kick to the Portland Timbers in approximately the 11th minute when the ball struck the hand of RJ Allen?

Answer: In the opinion of the referee, the action by RJ Allen was not deemed to be an act of deliberately contacting the ball with the arm, therefore the referee did not consider this to be handling.

Question 2: Why were the Timbers not awarded a penalty kick in the 53rd minute (approximate) when Ronald Matarrita pulled Lucas Melano down in the box?

Answer: In the opinion of the referee, the contact between Portland's Melano and the NY defender did not rise to the level of a foul.

Follow up to Question 2: in light of Matarrita's two hands being on Melano's shoulders appearing to pull Melano down, which specific factors informed your judgement that the NY defender did not commit a foul?

Answer: The referee did not judge the NY defender's actions to be done in (sic) with carelessness, recklessness, or excessive force, therefore the referee did not award a penalty kick.

What do you think?

-- Molly Blue