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Antonio Nocerino Suspended For Orlando City’s Match Against Chicago Fire

Orlando City will be without Italian midfielder Antonio Nocerino against the Chicago Fire this Sunday after the MLS Disciplinary Committee issued a a suspension and undisclosed fine for "violent conduct that endangered the safety of an opponent on the play," as first reported by Orlando Sentinel reporter Alicia DelGallo.

Nocerino picked up a yellow card in the 33rd minute of Orlando City’s 3-1 loss to the Seattle Sounders this past Sunday when he kicked the ball into Seattle’s Clint Dempsey, who was laying on the ground after being fouled by Orlando’s Servando Carrasco seconds earlier.