Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson has been fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Soccer for criticizing referee Baldomero Toledo following Portland's 3-2 loss to Orlando City SC on April 8.

Orlando came back from a two-goal deficit to win the game due in part to poor officiating from Toledo. Toledo awarded Orlando a penalty kick in the 82nd minute when Orlando forward Dom Dwyer fell down after going shoulder-to-shoulder in the box with Timbers defender Alvas Powell. It was a questionable foul call, but Toledo chose not to use video review and instead awarded Orlando the PK.

The penalty came after Toledo made a bad call in the first half when he issued Sebastian Blanco a second yellow card for diving when Blanco was clearly fouled in the box. That call was overturned by video review and the Timbers were instead awarded a penalty kick.

Paulson took to Twitter to criticize Toledo's performance.

"No way in a million years thats a penalty. Disgraceful. How do you not VAR that. Tried it once early but he got us in the end. Joke," Paulson wrote in a Tweet following Orlando's penalty kick in the 82nd minute.

"we lost to a team w 12 guys today," Paulson wrote in a subsequent tweet.

No way in a million years thats a penalty. Disgraceful.



How do you not VAR that.



Tried it once early but he got us in the end



Joke — Merritt Paulson (@MerrittPaulson) April 8, 2018

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