TAMPA, Fla. – The following is the USL’s discipline report for Week 21 of the 2019 USL Championship season:
Austin Bold FC’s Edson Braafheid has been suspended for two games following his red card for serious foul play against Phoenix Rising FC on July 19. Braafheid will be unavailable for Austin’s contests against Fresno FC this Saturday and against New Mexico United on August 3.
Orange County SC’s Jose da Silva has been suspended for one game following his red card for denial of a goalscoring opportunity against San Antonio FC on July 20. Da Silva will be unavailable for Orange County’s contest against Reno 1868 FC on Wednesday afternoon.
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC’s Abdul Rwutubyaye has been suspended for one game following his red card for two cautionable offenses against OKC Energy FC on July 20. Rwutubyaye will be unavailable for Colorado Springs’ contest against Reno 1868 FC this Saturday.
Hartford Athletic’s Sem de Wit, the New York Red Bulls II’s Jean-Kristof Koffi, Orange County SC’s Harry Forrester and Ottawa Fury FC’s Chris Manella have each been suspended for one game for caution accumulation after receiving their fifth yellow card of the season this past weekend. Forrester will be unavailable for Orange County’s game with Reno 1868 FC on Wednesday, Koffi will be unavailable for New York’s game against the Tampa Bay Rowdies on Friday, De Wit will be unavailable for Hartford’s contest against Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC this Saturday, and Manella will be unavailable for Ottawa’s game with Memphis 901 FC this Saturday.
The Swope Park Rangers’ Mark Segbers was suspended for one game for caution accumulation after receiving his fifth yellow card of the season on July 17. Segbers served the suspension during Swope Park’s contest against Ottawa Fury FC on July 20.
OKC Energy FC’s Rafael Garcia was suspended for one game for caution accumulation after receiving his eighth yellow card of the season on July 17. Garcia served his suspension during OKC’s contest against Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on July 20.
Austin Bold FC’s Andre Lima and San Antonio FC’s Michael Lahoud are no longer under caution accumulation warning, having had one caution removed under the USL’s Good Behavior incentive to place them on three cautions for the season.
The following players enter the upcoming matches one caution away from a yellow card accumulation suspension for their fifth yellow card of the season. Here is the breakdown per club:
ATL UTD 2 (2): Jackson Conway, Jose Hernandez
Austin Bold FC (4): Xavier Baez, Sean McFarlane, Sonny Guadarrama, Amobi Okugo
Bethlehem Steel FC (2): Anthony Fontana, Cole Turner
Birmingham Legion FC (1): Kyle Culbertson
Charleston Battery (1): Vincenzo Candela
El Paso Locomotive FC (1): Omar Salgado
Fresno FC (1): Qudus Lawal
LA Galaxy II (2): Nick DePuy, Adrian Vera
Las Vegas Lights FC (1): Cristhian Hernandez
Loudoun United FC (1): Colin Verfuth
Louisville City FC (1): Paco Craig
Memphis 901 FC (1): Dan Metzger
Nashville SC (1): Lebo Moloto
New Mexico United (1): Josh Suggs
Orange County SC (2): Daniel Crisotomo, Vinicius
Ottawa Fury FC (1): Wal Fall
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (1): Joe Greenspan
Real Monarchs SLC (2): Josh Heard, Jack Blake
Rio Grande Valley FC (1): Romilio Hernandez
Sacramento Republic FC (2): Ray Saari, Jordan McCrary
Saint Louis FC (1): Lewis Hilton
San Antonio FC (1): Jack Barmby
Swope Park Rangers (1): Jerome Ngom Mbekeli
Tampa Bay Rowdies (1): Pape Diakite
Tulsa Roughnecks FC (2): Cyprian Hedrick, Calvin Rezende
The following player enters the upcoming matches one caution away from a yellow card accumulation suspension for their eighth yellow card of the season. Here is the breakdown per club:
ATL UTD 2 (1): Laurence Wyke
Tampa Bay Rowdies (1): Dominic Oduro