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Roger Espinoza Deserved that Red Card Against LAFC

I know many of you don’t agree, but Roger Espinoza deserved the red card against LAFC on Friday night at Banc of California Stadium in an embarrassing 4-0 loss. What was initially only given as a foul (despite what the tweet with the video below says), was changed to a red card after Drew Fischer was informed by the VAR to take a second look.

It’s okay if you don’t agree, Sporting Kansas City head coach and sporting director, Peter Vermes doesn’t either. In his post-game press conference he said, “it’s profiling.