Referee Alan Chapman Booted From Real Salt Lake Match

The villain of the Portland Timbers 1-1 draw against the LA Galaxy on Sunday was undoubtably Nigel de Jong for his dangerous and totally in-character tackle that injured Darlington Nagbe and will keep the Timbers' midfielder out for the foreseeable future. In a close second, however, was referee Ben Chapman, who elected to only give de Jong a yellow card for his actions.

de Jong has yet to receive any punishment for his wildly reckless play, but today it seems that PRO -- the Professional Referees Organization -- has at least pulled Chapman from this weekend's MLS slate. Chapman was scheduled to referee Saturday's match between Real Salt Lake and the Vancouver Whitecaps, replacing him with…