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USL Discipline Report: Week 21

August 12, 2015 - United Soccer League Championship (USL) News Release


TAMPA, Fla. - Following is the USL's discipline report for Week 21 of the 2015 season:

Fifteen players are serving suspensions this upcoming week and have been fined an undisclosed amount for their actions.

The USL Discipline Committee issued multi-game suspensions to three Saint Louis FC players for violent conduct. Jacob Bushue and James Musa are suspended for three matches each (out Aug. 15, 20 and 22) and Nick Bibbs is out for the team's next two games (out Aug. 15 and 22).

Additional players serving two-game suspensions include FC Montreal's Victor Ndiaye (violent conduct) who is unavailable for the team's Wednesday match against Toronto FC II and the Aug. 22 game against Wilmington Hammerheads FC, and the LA Galaxy II's Andre Auras (accumulation of eight yellow cards) who is suspended for Saturday against the Austin Aztex and Aug. 23 against Seattle Sounders FC 2.

Other one-game suspensions include the LA Galaxy II's Daniel Steres and Adrian Vera (out Saturday against Austin), New York Red Bulls II's Konrad Plewa (out Wednesday against the Charlotte Independence), Orange County Blues FC's Barry Venison (out Saturday against Arizona United SC).

Six players are suspended for one game because of yellow card accumulation (five cautions): Arizona United SC's George Malki and Tyler Ruthven (out Saturday against Orange County Blues FC), the Harrisburg City Islanders' Yann Ekra (out Wednesday against Louisville City FC), OKC Energy FC's Gareth Evans (out Saturday against Real Monarchs SLC) and Orange County Blues FC's Chris Cortez (out Saturday against Arizona United SC), and as announced the previous week, the Charleston Battery's Ricky Garbanzo (out Saturday against Saint Louis FC). Charleston did not have a match in Week 21.

Late last week, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC's Kleyner Bejarano served a one-game suspension after picking up his fifth yellow card during the team's 1-0 loss against Tulsa Roughnecks FC on Aug. 5. Bejarano missed the team's 1-0 victory against Sacramento Republic FC on Saturday.

Orange County Blues FC's Brenton Griffiths' original two-game suspension (for July 25 and Aug. 8) was reduced to one following an appeal.

The following players have been issued four yellow cards and are one caution away from serving suspensions for yellow card accumulation:

Arizona United SC: Joseph Dillon and Rob Valentino

Austin Aztex: Kyle Hoffer and Tony Rocha

Charleston Battery: Shawn Ferguson

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC: Shintaro Harada

FC Montreal: Alessandro Riggi

Harrisburg City Islanders: Ken Tribbett

LA Galaxy II: Alejandro Covarrubias

Louisville City FC: Juan Guzman

New York Red Bulls II: Daniel Bedoya and Andrew Jean-Baptiste

Pittsburgh Riverhounds: Kevin Kerr

Portland Timbers 2: George Fochive, Tim Payne and Rundell Winchester

Real Monarchs SLC: Adolfo Ovalle

Richmond Kickers: Samuel Asante

Rochester Rhinos: Patrick McMahon and Christian Volesky

Saint Louis FC: Bryan Gaul

Seattle Sounders FC 2: Giuliano Frano, Sam Garza and Duncan McCormick

Tulsa Roughnecks FC: Iarfhlaith Davoren

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:

Arizona United SC: Jonathan Top

Richmond Kickers: Fred Owusu Sekyere

Sacramento Republic FC: Ivan Mirkovic

Tulsa Roughnecks FC: Chad Bond

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