Moore's Red Revoked?

What is interesting is that JMM has NO disciplinary points on the list, where everybody else that was carded is on the list - Bocanegra, Beasley, Curtin and Cullen.

Or is it just that once you have served your suspension you are off the list because you have reset to zero?

 

I think once served you come off the list.

More interesting is that only two reds cards have been given so far this year, and both were to the Revs. Coincidence?

 

IIRC, red cards don't have disciplinary points associated with them - only yellows do. There may be some rule about suspension after so many reds are accumulated, but reds aren't part of the yellow card's point system.

 

The same is true for Kante: with the red, the point totals revert to zero.

 

Are you sure about this? I thought that the first yellow came with points, but the second one and the straight red didn't.

 

Kante is listed as having 8 caution points on mlsnet.com.

 

Then I guess I don't understand why there's a "0" listed after Kante's name for the 2nd caution/red card. Why would that card not have earned caution points?

I also don't get how MLS is doing their math. Colo's J. Stewart is named in "official warnings" for having accumulated "11 points in three games," but I only count 8 in the list for him.

 

From the MLS rules and regulations:

http://www.mlsnet.com/about/regulations/

"Players, who receive a second yellow card in a game, and thus a red card, will have the appropriate penalty points of the first yellow card only applied to their point totals."

 

For Stewart, he is only being "officially warned" that he is in danger of accumulating 11 points if he gets a card in his next match. If that happens, he'll be subject to fine or suspension by the MLS Disciplinary Committee.

The "official warning" category is probably related to the new Good Behavior Incentive for 2003. If a player is within 4 points of getting suspended, he is "warned" and can reduce his point total by 4 points (once during the course of the season) by playing three straight games without caution or other sanction. Of course, in Stewart's case, all he needs his one clean game to get out of (immediate) danger.

 

It was a rediculous call in the first place. Yes, Joe-Max was late on the tackle, but it wasn't worthy of a red card. Neither was Kante's second yellow. I think the man went down early. But hey, inconsistent refs are a problem, too.