Fred
DC United
Suspension/Fine: First regular season game of 2010, $250
Reason: Red Card: 10/24/09 vs. Kansas City Wizards
James Riley
Seattle Sounders FC
Suspension/Fine: First regular season game of 2010, $750
Reason: Red Card, 11/8/09 vs. Houston Dynamo* (*currently under MLS Disciplinary Committee review)
However, the applicable fine will be collected in the current Season. Any Players who receives a red card in his last Game of the Season (Regular Season or Playoffs), will serve the one Game suspension during their next Game (whether it's during the Playoffs, Championship Game, or in the next Regular Season Game of the following season). All red card and caution point suspensions will, if necessary, follow a Player to a new Team. All fines associated with cautions or send-offs will be collected in the current season (before the calendar year expires).
Dema Kovalenko -- Los Angeles Galaxy
Kyle Beckerman -- Real Salt Lake
Will Johnson -- Real Salt Lake
Javier Morales -- Real Salt Lake
Chris Wingert -- Real Salt Lake
2009 MLS Cup Playoffs Guidelines
Yellow / Red Cards
A complete grid outlining the possible scenarios of the accumulation of yellow and red cards and the disciplinary action attributable to the awarding of those cards is set forth in the 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs Guidelines document distributed October 13, 2009.
Suspension Carry-Overs
Any suspensions for yellow cards earned in a Player's last Regular Season game shall not carry over into the Playoffs or into the next League season. However, the applicable fine will be collected in the current season. Players who receive a red card (either a straight red or the result of a second yellow card in the same game) in their last game of the season (Regular Season, Playoff or Cup) shall serve the one-game suspension during their next game (whether it is during the Playoffs, Championship Game, or the next League Regular Season game). All red card suspensions will, if necessary, follow a Player to a new team for the next League season.
Playoffs Suspensions for Red Card
Any player(s) sent-off during regulation time shall not be permitted to appear in the subsequent 30-minute series tiebreaker (if applicable) or kicks from the penalty mark (if applicable), and, per standard red card suspensions, shall be required to miss his next game (2009 Playoff Game, MLS Cup 2009, or the first game of the 2010 Regular Season) in its entirety and shall be fined $250.
Suspensions for Caution Accumulation
All players will start the Playoffs with a personal total of zero cautions. A player who accumulates TWO cautions in TWO (2) consecutive Playoff games will be suspended one game if the next game for which he is eligible to appear thereafter is the Conference Championship (e.g., one caution in Conference Semifinal Series Game #1 and one caution in Conference Semifinal Series Game #2), and he shall be fined $250.
However, a player who accumulates TWO cautions in TWO (2) consecutive Playoff games in which he appears shall not be suspended if the next game for which he is eligible to appear thereafter is MLS Cup (e.g., one caution in Conference Semifinal Series Game #2 and one caution in the Conference Championship), and he shall be fined $500.
A player who accumulates THREE (3) cautions in playoff games in which he appears (including MLS Cup 2009), shall also be fined $250.
Any suspension for caution accumulation received in a player's last Playoff game will not carry over into the next League Regular Season.
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*MLS teams are assessed a matching team fine for their players' cumulative individual fines for yellow cards issued for either "dissent" or "showing a lack of respect for the game." League Fair Play Table| rank | team | gp | yellow | red | fouls | clean gp | pts gp | total pts |
| 1 | Chicago Fire | 30 | 46 | 4 | 251 | 6 | 8.7 | 259.5 |
| 2 | FC Dallas | 30 | 52 | 5 | 299 | 5 | 11.1 | 332.5 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 30 | 55 | 2 | 330 | 4 | 11.5 | 345.0 |
| 4 | New England Revolution | 30 | 50 | 4 | 326 | 2 | 12.4 | 373.0 |
| 5 | New York Red Bulls | 30 | 45 | 8 | 358 | 4 | 12.6 | 379.0 |
| 6 | San Jose Earthquakes | 30 | 61 | 1 | 341 | 3 | 12.7 | 379.5 |
| 7 | Toronto FC | 30 | 57 | 3 | 328 | 2 | 13.1 | 392.0 |
| 8 | Kansas City Wizards | 30 | 57 | 6 | 338 | 3 | 13.7 | 412.0 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 30 | 49 | 7 | 389 | 3 | 13.9 | 415.5 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 30 | 57 | 7 | 354 | 2 | 14.8 | 445.0 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 55 | 8 | 354 | 1 | 15.4 | 462.0 |
| 12 | Seattle Sounders FC | 30 | 59 | 8 | 353 | 2 | 15.4 | 462.5 |
| 13 | D.C. United | 30 | 66 | 4 | 356 | 1 | 15.6 | 467.0 |
| 14 | Chivas USA | 30 | 63 | 7 | 412 | 3 | 16.1 | 483.0 |
| 15 | Real Salt Lake | 30 | 69 | 8 | 370 | 2 | 17.0 | 511.0 |
MLS Teams are assessed fair play points and ranked in the fair play table as follows:
- 4 points for each caution point received (e.g. 5 cautions = 20 points)
- 10 points for each red card earned (e.g. 5 red cards in a year = 50 points)
- .5 points for each foul committed (e.g. 400 fouls = 200 points)
- A reduction of 15 points for every game played by a team without their receiving either a yellow or red card, or a member of their team being a recipient of MLS Disciplinary Committee action in conjunction with that game (e.g. 3 "clean" games = -45 points).
The team with the least amount of points at the end of the regular season will be awarded the Kraft Team Fair Play Award.
