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Union's Fafa Picault 'ready to get to it' as three-game suspension finally ends

The book closed Wednesday on Fafa Picault’s three-game suspension that has kept the right winger out of all of the Union’s games so far this season.

Picault spoke publicly for the first time since the suspension was handed down for discriminatory language in a preseason scrimmage against Orlando City. Lions midfielder Pierre da Silva was also suspended three games for his own use of discriminatory language.

“It wasn’t between us — there were two separate occasions,” Picault said. “Honestly, nothing crazy happened. It was a moment, and a word that was taken completely out of context.