The MLS Disciplinary Committee has issued several rulings after Matchday 18 of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
\n Valenzuela suspended<\/p>\n
The MLS Disciplinary Committee has suspended FC Cincinnati<\/a> midfielder Gerardo Valenzuela<\/a> for one additional match (two matches total) and fined\u00a0Valenzuela an undisclosed amount under Disciplinary Committee\u00a0Parameter\u00a02<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0violent conduct in the 90th+ minute of Cincinnati\u2019s match against the Columbus Crew<\/a> on July 25.<\/p>\n Valenzuela will serve his red card suspension during FC Cincinnati\u2019s next match against the San Jose Earthquakes<\/a> on August 1. The additional match suspension will be served during Cincinnati\u2019s match against Orlando City SC<\/a> on August 15.<\/p>\n \n Cincinnati, Columbus mass confrontation<\/p>\n The MLS Disciplinary Committee has found FC Cincinnati and Columbus Crew in violation of the Mass Confrontation Policy in the 90th+ minute of their match on July 25.<\/p>\n FC Cincinnati have violated the policy for the first time this season, and fines have been issued to the club and head coach Pat Noonan. Columbus Crew have violated the policy for the third time this season, and fines have been issued to the club and head coach Lauren Courtois.\u00a0<\/p>\n Due to their roles in the\u00a0mass\u00a0confrontation, FC Cincinnati forward Ayoub Jabbari<\/a>, assistant coach Kenny Arena, Columbus Crew defenders Mohamed Farsi<\/a> and Sean Zawadzki<\/a>, and midfielder Max Arfsten<\/a> will be fined for inciting and\/or escalating a\u00a0mass\u00a0confrontation.<\/p>\n \n Holding fined<\/p>\n The MLS Disciplinary Committee has fined Colorado Rapids<\/a> defender Rob Holding<\/a> for failing\u00a0to\u00a0leave\u00a0the field in a timely manner in the 12th\u00a0minute of Colorado\u2019s match against St. Louis CITY SC<\/a> on July 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The MLS Disciplinary Committee has issued several rulings after Matchday 18 of the 2026 season. Valenzuela suspended The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[337614,6868,403,99],"class_list":["post-795047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-disciplinary-committee-decision","tag-sendtonews","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}