Orlando City’s appeal of Nani’s red card Wednesday against the Columbus Crew has been successful and the captain is eligible for selection on Sunday in the club’s regular-season finale against Nashville SC after the card was rescinded.
The red card always seemed suspect to anyone who wasn’t simply looking at a still photograph of the instant of contact and, in this case, the Independent Review Panel has made what would seem to be the rational decision in removing the card from Nani’s record.
The Independent Review Panel, consisting of one representative from the U.