Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Red Card?

So something was missed by the broadcast on Saturday night and the official game notes on MLSsoccer.com.  After the Dynamo equalizer Zack Steffen was shown yelling at somebody.  Turns out he was yelling at the referee and got a yellow card for dissent.  Two minutes later when the game ended he was still hot and apparently went off on the ref again, and got another yellow card for his efforts.  Two yellows make a red and about 30 seconds after the final whistle you can see a red card come out on the broadcast but its not clear for who.

So the Rapids will be without Steffen against Seattle on Saturday.  I now the 8 minutes of stoppage time was ridiculous but there's no excuse for Zack to hurt the team like that.  He needs to be smarter than that.  With Beaudry battling an ankle injury and missing the last two games we may be down to our two Rapids 2 keepers.

Also poor form from MLS Season Pass on Apple.  They've been calling some games remotely and the fact that the English broadcasters and the graphics department didn't pick up on any of the three cards (2 yellows and a red) is a good indicator that nobody was on site in Houston.  Apparently the Spanish broadcasters did see the red at the end of the game but couldn't tell who it was being given to.  And how does MLS not even know about it in the game report and still hasn't updated it even after confirmation has been made that it happened?

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