Philadelphia Union left back Kai Wagner will be out for a second straight game against FC Cincinnati tonight after the MLS Disciplinary Committee handed him an additional suspension for his studs up challenge late in the April 20 win over Montreal Impact.
The ruling is difficult to challenge consider how harsh — not to mention needless — the tackle was but everything about the decision and the timing of it calls into question how the league’s unnamed committee metes out justice.
When head coach Jim Curtin was asked about his star left back’s status on Tuesday after training, he told reporters he was still waiting to hear a final final decision from the committee.