REPORT: Blanco Fined $7,500 by MLS for Misconduct During US Open Cup
Major League Soccer (MLS) Rumors - For the time between the games —
You probably have seen the reports Thursday about Blanco being fined. Indeed the other boot has fallen on the Blanco saga. Way back on July 14, when someone from Chi-town tipped us off that the suspension and fine for Blanco was going to be large, many poo-pooed us, saying that someone was likely playing a joke on us. Well perhaps the joke is actually on them. Let us review... Our source stated that at the time USSF was discussing a 5 Game suspension in addition to his red card "Hi, I wish to be ...
Wicks loses mind; Sounders win trophy in first year
The 24th Minute —
... Complicating things here, of course, is that Wicks didn't lose his mind in a MLS game. He did so in a US Open Cup contest. Cuauhtemoc Blanco was fined $7,500 by MLS for an incident that happened in US Open Cup play last year (he also received a two year ban from US Open Cup play by the USSF) in a game in D.C.. So there is some precedent here. One major difference with yesterday's incident is that few people outside of D.C. ever saw Blanco's temper tantrum . Wicks decided to try out for Stomp in the final, on Fox Soccer Channel. There shouldn't be a difference, but there is. ...
