USL Discipline Report: Week 20
August 4, 2015 - United Soccer League Championship (USL) News Release
TAMPA, Fla. - Following is the USL's discipline report for Week 20 of the 2015 season:
Twelve players are serving suspensions and have been fined an undisclosed amount for their actions from Week 19.
The USL Discipline Committee ruled that Real Monarchs SLC's Max Rauhofer will be suspended for five games after he was sent off for violent conduct during the Monarchs' game against Orange County Blues FC on Saturday. Rauhofer will be unavailable for the team's matches on Saturday, followed by Aug. 13, 15, 22 and 26.
Also from the Orange County-Monarchs match, the Blues' Brenton Griffiths is suspended for the team's next two games on Saturday and Aug. 15 and Pepe Miranda is suspended for this Saturday's game.
FC Montreal's Charles Joly is suspended for two games after he was sent off during the team's 0-0 draw against the Charleston Battery. Joly is suspended for Wednesday against Louisville City FC and Saturday against Saint Louis FC. The Austin Aztex's Mikey Ambrose also is suspended for one game and is out for Saturday against Orange County Blues FC.
Seven players are suspended for one game because of yellow card accumulation: the Charleston Battery's Ricky Garbanzo (out Aug. 15 against Saint Louis FC), the Charlotte Independence's Alex Martinez (out Wednesday against the New York Red Bulls II), FC Montreal's Ngoufack Mélé Temguia (out Wednesday against Louisville City FC), Louisville City FC's Aodhan Quinn (out Wednesday against FC Montreal), Orange County Blues FC's Christofer Ramirez (out Saturday against Austin Aztex), Saint Louis FC's Charles Renken (out Saturday against FC Montreal) and Seattle Sounders FC 2's Amadou Sanyang (out Saturday against Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2).
The following players have been issued four yellow cards and are one caution away from serving suspensions for yellow card accumulation:
Arizona United SC: Tyler Ruthven, Jonathan Top and Rob Valentino
Austin Aztex: Kyle Hoffer
Charleston Battery: Shawn Ferguson
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC: Kleyner Bejarano and Shintaro Harada
FC Montreal: Alessandro Riggi
Harrisburg City Islanders: Yann Ekra
LA Galaxy II: Jack McBean and Daniel Steres
Louisville City FC: Juan Guzman
New York Red Bulls II: Daniel Bedoya and Andrew Jean-Baptiste
OKC Energy FC: Gareth Evans
Orange County Blues FC: Chris Cortez
Pittsburgh Riverhounds: Kevin Kerr
Portland Timbers 2: Tim Payne and Rundell Winchester
Real Monarchs SLC: Adolfo Ovalle
Richmond Kickers: Samuel Asante
Rochester Rhinos: Patrick McMahon and Christian Volesky
Saint Louis FC: Jacob Bushue and James Musa
Seattle Sounders FC 2: Giuliano Frano, Sam Garza and Duncan McCormick
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2: Ben McKendry
The following players have been issued seven yellow cards and are one caution away from serving two-game suspensions for yellow card accumulation:
LA Galaxy II: Andre Auras
Sacramento Republic FC: Ivan Mirkovic
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