Poll
Who will be named MVP of the 2008 All-Star Game?
  • D. Beckham (LAG)
  • J.P. Angel (NYRB)
  • De Rosario (HOU)
  • L. Donovan (LAG)
  • K. Cooper (FCD)
  • West Ham Player
  • Other
l Discipline

Updated: July 18, 2008

 Suspensions/Fine

Gonzalo Segares
Chicago Fire
Suspension/Fine: 7/19/08 vs. RSL, $250
Reason: Caution Accumulation

John Thorrington
Chicago Fire
Suspension/Fine: 7/19/08 vs. RSL, $250
Reason: Caution Accumulation

Preki Radosavljevic
Chivas USA
Suspension/Fine: 8/2/08 vs. CHI, $1000; 8/9/08 vs. KC
Reason: Disciplinary Committee Decision

Ricardo Clark
Houston Dynamo
Suspension/Fine: 7/22/08 vs. DC, $250
Reason: Caution Accumulation

Jason Kreis
Real Salt Lake
Suspension/Fine: 7/12/08 vs. CLB, $500, 7/19/08 vs. CHI, $500
Reason: Public Criticism

Nick Garcia
San Jose Earthquakes
Suspension/Fine: 7/19/08 vs. TOR, $250
Reason: Caution Accumulation

Frank Yallop
San Jose Earthquakes
Suspension/Fine: 7/19/08 vs. TOR, $500
Reason: Dismissal, Bench Behavior

Maurice Edu
Toronto FC
Suspension/Fine: 7/19/08 vs. SJ, $250
Reason: Caution Accumulation

 Card Suspensions

Red card and caution point accumulation suspensions collected in Regular Season Games shall be served in a Player's next Regular Season Game. Any suspensions for yellow card points earned in a Player's last Regular Season Game will not carry over into the Playoffs, or into the next League Season.

However, the applicable fine will be collected in the current Season. Any Players who receives a red card in his last Game of the Season (Regular Season or Playoffs), will serve the one Game suspension during their next Game (whether it's during the Playoffs, Championship Game, or in the next Regular Season Game of the following season). All red card and caution point suspensions will, if necessary, follow a Player to a new Team. All fines associated with cautions or send-offs will be collected in the current season (before the calendar year expires).

 Suspension Carry-Overs

Any suspensions for yellow cards earned in a player's last Regular Season Game shall not carry over into the Playoffs or into the next League Season. However, the applicable fine will be collected in the current Season. Players who receive a red card in their last Game of the Season (Regular Season, Playoff or Cup) shall serve the one-game suspension during their next Game (whether it is during the Playoffs, Championship Game, or the next League Regular Season Game). All red card suspensions will, if necessary, follow a Player to a new team for the next League Season.

 The following players are one caution from suspension

Player -- Team -- Number of Cautions -- Good Behavior Incentive
Cuauhtemoc Blanco -- Chicago Fire -- 4 -- 3 more games
Diego Gutierrez -- Chicago Fire -- 4 -- 1 more game
Atiba Harris -- Chivas USA -- 4 -- 3 more games
Sacha Kljestan -- Chivas USA -- 4 -- N/A
Paulo Nagamura -- Chivas USA -- 4 -- 1 more game
Frankie Hejduk -- Columbus Crew -- 4 -- N/A
Marc Burch -- DC United -- 4 -- 1 more game
Marcelo Saragosa -- FC Dallas -- 4 -- N/A
Dwayne DeRosario -- Houston Dynamo -- 4 -- 2 more games
Jack Jewsbury -- Kansas City Wizards -- 4 -- 2 more games
Greg Vanney -- Los Angeles Galaxy -- 4 -- 3 more games
Amaechi Igwe -- New England Revolution -- 4 -- 1 more game
Kevin Goldthwaite -- New York Red Bulls -- 4 -- 1 more game
Kyle Beckerman -- Real Salt Lake -- 4 -- 3 more games
Kenny Deuchar -- Real Salt Lake -- 4 -- 1 more game
Jamison Olave -- Real Salt Lake -- 4 -- N/A
Romario Corrales -- San Jose Earthquakes -- 4 -- N/A
Eric Denton -- San Jose Earthquakes -- 4 -- 2 more games
Laurent Robert -- Toronto FC -- 4 -- 2 more games

 The following players are two cautions from suspension

Player -- Team -- Number of Cautions
Brandon Prideaux -- Chicago Fire -- 3
Jonathan Bornstein -- Chivas USA -- 3
Maykel Galindo -- Chivas USA -- 3
Jesse Marsch -- Chivas USA -- 3
Shavar Thomas -- Chivas USA -- 3
Adam Moffat -- Columbus Crew -- 3
Danny O'Rourke -- Columbus Crew -- 3
Guillermo Barros Schelotto -- Columbus Crew -- 3
Rod Dyachenko -- DC United -- 3
Marcelo Gallardo -- DC United -- 3
Gonzalo Martinez -- DC United -- 3
Pablo Ricchetti -- FC Dallas -- 3
Andre Rocha -- FC Dallas -- 3
Bobby Boswell -- Houston Dynamo -- 3
Stuart Holden -- Houston Dynamo -- 3
Michael Harrington -- Kansas City Wizards -- 3
Kurt Morsink -- Kansas City Wizards -- 3
Kerry Zavagnin -- Kansas City Wizards -- 3
Alan Gordon -- Los Angeles Galaxy -- 3
Brandon McDonald -- Los Angeles Galaxy -- 3
Alvaro Pires -- Los Angeles Galaxy -- 3
Jay Heaps -- New England Revolution -- 3
Jeff Larentowicz -- New England Revolution -- 3
Sainey Nyassi -- New England Revolution -- 3
Seth Stammler -- New York Red Bulls -- 3
Sinisa Ubiparipovic -- New York Red Bulls -- 3
Ryan Cochrane -- San Jose Earthquakes -- 3
Jason Hernandez -- San Jose Earthquakes -- 3
James Riley -- San Jose Earthquakes -- 3
Jeff Cunningham -- Toronto FC -- 3
Amada Guevara -- Toronto FC -- 3

Regular Season Caution Accumulation
A player who accumulates five (5) yellow cards over the course of the MLS Regular Season shall be suspended from the next Regular Season game in which he is eligible to appear and fined $250. After imposition of the first fine and one-game suspension for accumulating five (5) yellow cards over the course of an MLS Regular Season, a player who accumulates an additional three (3) yellow cards shall be suspended from the next regular season game in which he is eligible to appear and fined $500. After the imposition of the second fine and one-game suspension by virtue of accumulating eight (8) yellow cards over the course of a regular season, that player shall be suspended for one MLS Regular Season game and fined $750 for each accumulation of three (3) yellow cards awarded to him in any remaining MLS Regular Season games.

Good Behavior Incentive
If a player receives a caution during the Regular Season that brings him within one caution of any of the suspension thresholds (e.g., 4 cautions, 7 cautions), he shall be placed on "Warning." If a player is placed on "Warning" and appears in THREE (3) consecutive games without receiving a caution, being sent off or sanctioned by the MLS Disciplinary Committee for an infraction that occurs during one of the THREE (3) consecutive games, that player's personal caution total shall be reduced by ONE (1) caution. A player may only benefit from the Good Behavior Incentive one time per season.

 Notice of Fine

5 Cautions: Ricardo Clark; Bakary Soumare, $250

8 Cautions: None

 Cautions for dissent

NONE

 Cautions for lack of respect for the game

NONE

*MLS teams are assessed a matching team fine for their players' cumulative individual fines for yellow cards issued for either "dissent" or "showing a lack of respect for the game."

League Fair Play Table

rankteamgpyellowredfoulsclean gppts gptotal pts
1New England Revolution172022095 7.6 129.5
2Colorado Rapids172331955 8.5 144.5
3Toronto FC162421853 10.2 163.5
4Kansas City Wizards162621712 11.2 179.5
5Columbus Crew173021823 10.9 186.0
6D.C. United153121862 13.8 207.0
7New York Red Bulls172522392 12.3 209.5
8Chicago Fire163121681 13.3 213.0
9FC Dallas173032102 13.2 225.0
10Houston Dynamo163212211 14.6 233.5
11Los Angeles Galaxy173122271 14.3 242.5
12Real Salt Lake183122490 14.9 268.5
13San Jose Earthquakes173942300 18.3 311.0
14Chivas USA163542790 20.0 319.5

MLS Teams are assessed fair play points and ranked in the fair play table as follows:

  • 4 points for each caution point received (e.g. 5 cautions = 20 points)
  • 10 points for each red card earned (e.g. 5 red cards in a year = 50 points)
  • .5 points for each foul committed (e.g. 400 fouls = 200 points)
  • A reduction of 15 points for every game played by a team without their receiving either a yellow or red card, or a member of their team being a recipient of MLS Disciplinary Committee action in conjunction with that game (e.g. 3 "clean" games = -45 points).

The team with the least amount of points at the end of the regular season will be awarded the Kraft Team Fair Play Award.