Bad Boys of MLS Pay for their Sins

By Anonymous (not verified), March 29, 2023

For Immediate Release MLS Communications MLS Disciplinary Committee Decisions NEW YORK (Wednesday, March 29, 2023) — The MLS Disciplinary Committee has found Orlando City SC midfielder Felipe Martins guilty of simulation/embellishment in the 88th minute of Orlando’s match against the Philadelphia Union on March 25 (VIDEO). Martins has been fined an undisclosed amount for his actions. The MLS Disciplinary Committee has found FC Dallas defender Ema Twumasi guilty of failing to leave the field in a timely manner in the 35th minute of Dallas’s match against Los Angeles Football Club on March 25 (VIDEO). Twumasi has been fined an undisclosed amount for his actions. Seattle Sounders FC has been found in violation of the Mass Confrontation Policy during the 63rd minute of the club’s match against Sporting Kansas City on March 25 (VIDEO). The organization and head coach Brian Schmetzer have violated the mass confrontation policy for a second time this season and have been fined an undisclosed amount for their actions. Due to their roles in the mass confrontation, Seattle defenders Jackson Ragen and Yéimar Andrade and midfielders João Paulo, Cristian Roldan, Nicolás Lodeiro, Albert Rusnák, and Josh Atencio have each been issued an undisclosed fine for inciting and/or escalating a mass confrontation. The MLS Disciplinary Committee has issued a one match suspension and undisclosed fine to Charlotte FC midfielder Brandt Bronico for serious foul play during Charlotte’s match against the New York Red Bulls on March 25 (VIDEO). The play was reviewed under Disciplinary Committee Parameter 3, in which officials see an incident, and do not issue a red card or act on a case of clear and obvious simulation/embellishment that meets the conditions for suspension. The Disciplinary Committee may review the play for further disciplinary action, over and above the mandatory suspension and fine. Under Parameter 3, supplemental discipline (suspension and/or fine) will be administered if the Disciplinary Committee believes the offense is egregious in nature, and/or it must act to protect player safety, and/or it must protect the integrity of the game, and/or the player is guilty of repeat behavior. Bronico will serve his suspension during Charlotte’s match against Toronto FC on April 1

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