Over on the MLS News & Analysis thread they mentioned that Llamosa elbowed or shoved the referee (Valenzuela) after he was ejected from the Fire v. Revs game yesterday. Did anyone on here see it? If it is true, how long should the suspension be? I assume he'd get more than just the 1 match suspension for the red card. BTW, I put abuse in quotes because I couldn't confirm that it happened, not to lessen what to call it if it actually happened.
Suposedly, Carlos gave one of the ARs the "Portuguese Love Tap" in his stomach. Carlos didn't seem very happy at the time.
I saw him give a slight push to the center ref, then when the linesman stepped in he knocked the guys flag out of his hand. I saw at least one other push as well. Can't remember which guy he shoved the third time but he definately made contact with the refs three times. None of the contact was particularly malicious. He should definately receive a multiple game suspension (in addition to the one that goes with the red) but I don't think it was that bad.
My mistake -- the other thread simply said referee and I assumed it was the CR (Valenzuela). Still, what should the suspension be?
Llamosa gets an additional game and a $1,000 fine: http://www.mlsnet.com/content/02/mls1003llamosa.html Note that the report doesn't refer to any 'assault', 'abuse', or, most notably, any 'physical contact' whatsoever.
NEW YORK (Thursday, October 3, 2002) – Major League Soccer’s Disciplinary Committee fined and suspended New England defender Carlos Llamosa for an incident which occurred following his red card in the 90th minute of the Revolution’s 2-1 loss at Chicago last Sunday at Cardinal Stadium in Naperville, Ill. In addition to the standard $500 fine and one-game suspension for all red cards, Llamosa has been fined an additional $1,000 and will serve another one-game suspension this Sunday when New England hosts the Columbus Crew at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., in Game One of the team’s 2002 MLS Cup Playoffs Semifinal Series. During the Revs-Fire quarterfinal, Llamosa was shown his second yellow card of the night in the 90th minute for a hard foul on the Fire’s Dema Kovalenko near the sideline. Llamosa’s prolonged and aggressive dissent towards the officials and his failure to leave the field in a prompt and orderly manner after referee Ricardo Valenzuela showed the red card resulted in the additional fine and suspension for the Revolution defender. Per the League’s standard red card procedures, Llamosa sat out last night’s game, a decisive 2-0 New England victory over Chicago in Game Three of their quarterfinal series.
I was watching the game with my son and agree with the extra game suspension. I'm glad that MLS took this action. There is no place in the game for Carlos' actions toward the referee and AR after his ejection. I'm very interested to see what Ante Razov's punishment will be for his spineless act at the end of game 3 of the series... Scott