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USL Discipline Report: Week 26

September 16, 2015 - United Soccer League Championship (USL) News Release


TAMPA, Fla. - Following is the USL's discipline report for Week 26 of the 2015 season:

Twelve players are serving suspensions this upcoming week and have been fined an undisclosed amount for their actions. Additionally, OKC Energy FC head coach Jimmy Nielsen was fined an undisclosed amount for public criticism of match officials following OKC's match against Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on Saturday.

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds' Sterling Flunder, who was sent off during their 1-1 draw against Wilmington Hammerheads FC this past week, will serve his one-game suspension on Wednesday against the Rochester Rhinos.

The following players are suspended for their season finale for picking up either their fifth or eighth yellow card of the season: Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC's Shintaro Harada (fifth caution; out Saturday against the LA Galaxy II), FC Montreal's Louis Beland-Goyette (fifth caution; out Wednesday against the Harrisburg City Islanders), the LA Galaxy II's Bradley Diallo (fifth caution; out Wednesday against the Portland Timbers 2), OKC Energy FC's Gareth Evans (eighth caution; out Wednesday against Arizona United SC), the Portland Timbers 2's Fatawu Safiu and Andy Thoma (eighth cautions; both out Wednesday against the LA Galaxy II), the Rochester Rhinos' Patrick McMahon (fifth caution; out Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds), Seattle Sounders FC 2's Giuliano Frano (fifth caution; out Thursday against the Austin Aztex), Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2's Marco Bustos (fifth caution; out Sunday against the Austin Aztex) and Wilmington Hammerheads FC's Brian Ackley (eighth caution; out Saturday against Toronto FC II).

Arizona United SC's Jonathan Top is serving his second of a two-game suspension for yellow card accumulation and will miss Wednesday's season finale against OKC Energy FC.

With the final week of the regular season upcoming, those who pick up a caution resulting in a yellow card accumulation violation will be fined (and suspended if the violation occurs in the second-to-last game of the season). No suspension will be implemented into this year's postseason or next year's regular season if the violation occurs in the last game of the season. However, players who are issued a red card during this week will be both fined and suspended heading into the USL Playoffs and/or carrying over into the 2016 USL season.

The following players have been issued four yellow cards and are one caution away from being fined for yellow card accumulation (and suspended if it occurs in the second-to-last game of the season):

Arizona United SC: Rob Valentino

Austin Aztex: Julio Cuero, Kyle Hoffer and Kris Tyrpak

Charleston Battery: Dane Kelly

Charlotte Independence: Carlos Alvarez, Caleb Calvert and Raphael Cox

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC: Miguel Gonzalez and Luke Vercollone

FC Montreal: Marco Dominguez and Victor Omar Ndiaye

Harrisburg City Islanders: Jose Barril, Dante Leverock and Ken Tribbett

LA Galaxy II: Alejandro Covarrubias and Daniel Steres

Louisville City FC: Tarek Morad

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

OKC Energy FC: Sebastian Dalgaard, Daniel Gonzalez and Danni König

Orange County Blues FC's Josh Suggs

Portland Timbers 2: George Fochive and Tim Payne

Real Monarchs SLC: Tyler Arnone, Emilio Orozco and Adolfo Ovalle

Richmond Kickers: Samuel Asante and Michael Callahan

Rochester Rhinos: Christian Volesky

Sacramento Republic FC: James Kiffe and Nemanja Vukovic

Saint Louis FC: Jacob Bushue and James Musa

Seattle Sounders FC 2: Ashani Fairclough

Tulsa Roughnecks FC: Iarfhlaith Dabhorian

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2: Ben McKendry and Will Seymore

The following players have been issued seven yellow cards and are one caution away from being fined for yellow card accumulation (and suspended if it occurs in the second-to-last game of the season):

Arizona United SC: Tyler Ruthven

Charleston Battery: Jarad van Schaik

Harrisburg City Islanders: Yann Ekra

Louisville City FC: Aodhan Quinn

Pittsburgh Riverhounds: Danny Earls

Richmond Kickers: Fred Owusu Sekyere

Seattle Sounders FC 2: Damion Lowe

Tulsa Roughnecks FC: Chad Bond and Sammy Ochoa

Wilmington Hammerheads FC: Tom Parratt

The following players have been issued 10 yellow cards and are one caution away from being fined for yellow card accumulation (and suspended if it occurs in the second-to-last game of the season):

Charleston Battery: Zach Prince

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