LA Times · Jun 4, 2021
MLS suspends Galaxy’s Derrick Williams additional five games for ‘serious foul play’
Galaxy defender Derrick Williams plays during the first half of an MLS soccer match.Galaxy defender Derrick Williams has been suspended for five additional games by the MLS Disciplinary Committee for “serious foul play” in the first half of the team’s May 22 game in Portland.
Williams was given a straight red card and was forced to sit one game for his late, reckless challenge on the Timbers’ Andy Polo in the closing minutes of the first half of Portland’s 3-0 win. Polo sustained a ruptured right quadriceps and a torn meniscus on the play and will be out the rest of the season. He also will miss Peru’s World Cup qualifiers this year.