BLANCO EJECTION, What happened?! Options

[Section 8 El Gua...]

This is great.

HAHAHA!!!!

Thanks I needed that...lol

[FairWeatherFan]

I was angry until I saw that animated GIF.

Awesome work by whatever DC or Fire fan created that.

[BluesFire]

Blanco is fucked. I saw the video and he "FORE SURE" takes a swing and connects. I see a fine, plus 1-2 game suspension being handed down by the league.

Why does it seem like our season is going to hell..

[UkrainianFireFan]

anyone have a video of the whole incident?

[SINema (TRS)]

hold on a second, MLS can't do anything to blanco or anything about this incident!... can they? that's what i thought, since this game was out of their jurisdiction. It was an Open Cup game, which any team in the country can qualify for and play in, and therefore has nothing to do with MLS... and probably won't be able to suspend Blanco for any amount of time.

can anyone help me figure this out?

if that's the way it works, which i think it is.? Props to Blanco for knowing his time and place, when and where he could mangle D.C. a little bit...mad props.

-T

[Murtaugh]

This is great.

That is the greatest thing I've seen in ages. If it could be made into a banner I'd do it.

[Murtaugh]

hold on a second, MLS can't do anything to blanco or anything about this incident!... can they? that's what i thought, since this game was out of their jurisdiction. It was an Open Cup game, which any team in the country can qualify for and play in, and therefore has nothing to do with MLS... and probably won't be able to suspend Blanco for any amount of time.

It would be awfully hypocritical of the league to claim no broadcast or promotional responsibility for the USOC but hold players accountable for discipline in the competition.

We've had players suspended before for egregious actions in the USOC (Kosecki) that did not affect their league status.

[jokerman326]

hold on a second, MLS can't do anything to blanco or anything about this incident!... can they? that's what i thought, since this game was out of their jurisdiction. It was an Open Cup game, which any team in the country can qualify for and play in, and therefore has nothing to do with MLS... and probably won't be able to suspend Blanco for any amount of time.

can anyone help me figure this out?

if that's the way it works, which i think it is.? Props to Blanco for knowing his time and place, when and where he could mangle D.C. a little bit...mad props.

-T

Can the USSF?

[Section 8 El Gua...]

Can the USSF?

Isn't Blanco Mexican???

[Es Brennt]

Blanco got a red card. He's not 'fucked'. He deserved a red card and he got it. No big deal. The rumors about headbutts and police action are still just rumors.

Any suspension is for Open Cup only, not league play. USSF runs the Open Cup. They would have to go to MLS and ask for punishment. They won't do that. This isn't the first time something like this happened. Hernandez attacked nowak back in the day and was only suspended for Open Cup play. He was sharpening his cleats and tying that stupid shoelace around his oversized head for the next weekends MLS match like normal.

[goldstone97]

Blanco got a red card. He's not 'fucked'. He deserved a red card and he got it. No big deal. The rumors about headbutts and police action are still just rumors.

Any suspension is for Open Cup only, not league play. USSF runs the Open Cup. They would have to go to MLS and ask for punishment. They won't do that. This isn't the first time something like this happened. Hernandez attacked nowak back in the day and was only suspended for Open Cup play. He was sharpening his cleats and tying that stupid shoelace around his oversized head for the next weekends MLS match like normal.

The question, then, is why MLS has apparently requested video of the events?

From Goff: (can't link or quote properly since this board is totally fucked for me)

"Here is D.C. United's comment on the situation: "As a result of incidents last night, Major League Soccer has requested video footage, which we are preparing and will be sending to the league," United spokesman Doug Hicks said. Hicks said MLS will have the video today."

[giaco]

because they are still trying to decipher how moving pictures in a box work.

That is why we didn't get ANY video anywhere for this USOC matchup.

Glad they magically got video of the 'incident' though.

[jokerman326]

Isn't Blanco Mexican???

Of course, which is why Burch thinks every other true blue, patriotic al-queda hating American is being allowed to get kicked and punched by the refs during MLS play, while any loyal, god-fearing, gun-owning American who so much as farts within 20 feet of Blanco gets a red card. Oh, the horrros of being an American in the MLS!

Seriously, though, I think the USSF, as a member of FIFA, can bar Blanco from playing in any FIFA matches inside the US for calendar days. I think. And I am not sure about the relationship between USSF and MLS as far as governnce or control. I also don't know if there are any MLS rules or if there exists in Blanco's contract any clauses concerning "off-time behavior." I just hope that at some point, USSF/MLS asks DCU if it is their policy to have FO schmucks run over to opposing players and scream at them to get off the field, when that is the job of the refs and any security on the field. Blanco could have gotten a red for dissent, and the actions of that FO schmuck could have resulted in a riot on the field and in the stands. That schmuck couldn't wait to instigate a fight, and figured the cops would back him up. Ever hear of that sort of thing happeneing before? In DC, MD, or IL? Nawwwwwwwwwwwwww.

PS: Bitchy Boy Burch: if Blanco swung "as hard as he could" against Clyde Simms, it would have been Blanco kneeing Clyde in the face when he was sitting on the pitch, and not the other way around. NOW who's the whiner, always making a mountain out of a molehill, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

[Es Brennt]

The question, then, is why MLS has apparently requested video of the events?

From Goff: (can't link or quote properly since this board is totally fucked for me)

"Here is D.C. United's comment on the situation: "As a result of incidents last night, Major League Soccer has requested video footage, which we are preparing and will be sending to the league," United spokesman Doug Hicks said. Hicks said MLS will have the video today."

I am sure DC complained to the league. They have to review whatever info they can.

I highly doubt anyhting more them MAYBE a fine from all this.

Blanco won't be suspended for any league games out of this. Bank that.

This isn't the first time something has gotten out of hand in USOC play and it's not the first time fans have called for the head of the perp.

[BallsDeepFC]

which we are preparing and will be sending to the league,

does this mean DC is doing some creative editing? oh wait wasnt that video ES brent posted earlier the video they are sending to MLS?


Does this hurt the FIRE for not having a camera there and being able to get their side on tape? maybe...