Major League Soccer has revealed its punishments for misconduct from Round One of the Playoffs.
In the ultra-modern release, the league has issued some of fines from more than one heated submit-season healthy-ups.
Here is a roundup of all the updates...
The Portland Timbers' 3-1 win over Minnesota United on Sunday become an severe affair, to say the least. Things in reality got here to a head with Franco Fragapane's frankly disgraceful address on Diego Chara inside the final 5 mins - the Argentine had each feet inside the air with studs up, and went over the ball. The Timbers have been rightly furious that Fragapane turned into handiest proven a yellow card, however the sets of gamers had already come to blows earlier than the referee even went to his pocket. Both clubs have been located to be in violation of the league's mass war of words policy for a second time this season, that means they've every been fined an undisclosed amount. Head coaches Giovanni Savarese and Adrian Heath have also been fined. Fragapane and Loons midfielder Ozzy Alonso were fined an undisclosed amount for his or her "moves in inciting and/or escalating a mass war of words".
Things fell aside in no time for Atlanta United inside the 2d 1/2 of their Round One healthy away at NYCFC, going 2-0 down rapidly after half-time. Their distress became compounded in stoppage time as center-back Alan Franco turned into despatched off for a 2nd yellow card offense.
The Argentine will now leave out the Five Stripes' first match of the 2022 season. But his punishment didn't give up there, with MLS slapping him with a pleasant for failing to go away the pitch in a timely way - Franco made his feelings known to referee Chris Penso earlier than strolling down the Yankee Stadium tunnel.
