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Orlando City's Matias Perez Garcia suspended for kicking New York Red Bulls' Felipe

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One of the reasons the MLS Disciplinary Committee isn't of great use is that even when it does its job correctly, it doesn't really help anyone. Should players be punished for on-field bad behavior? Sure. But there isn't much evidence that DisCo's near-weekly procession of fines and suspensions curbs that behavior, and it's arguably (and Once A Metro does enjoy that argument) too inconsistent with its decisions to really eliminate petulance and gamesmanship from the league.

Still, DisCo carries on, and occasionally gets a decision right. In the New York Red Bulls' game against Orlando City on April 9, Matias Perez Garcia slalomed in to Felipe and was tumbled for his trouble.