Seattle Sounders midfielder Cristian Roldan isn’t particularly known to be a poor tackler, but one of his tackles against FC Dallas on Sunday raised a few eyebrows. Roldan’s 26th minute challenge on Kellyn Acosta earned him a yellow card, but MLSSoccer.com’s Simon Borg thought it was a bit more egregious. Tempers flared on both sides, and it didn’t help that Roldan was then brought down by tackles that were arguably as bad as his own.
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When asked about that sequence, Roldan had a bit of a surprising response: “I was testing [the ref] because I wanted a consistent game, at the end of the day.