A wild soccer brawl resulted in quite a lot of suspensions and fines after the Milwaukee Wave and Tacoma Stars got here to an explosive finish throughout a Main Area Soccer League match.
Following the Waves’ 7-6 win over the Stars on Saturday, the 2 groups bought right into a shoving and verbal altercation as they tried to shake palms.
The 2 groups of the MASL, an indoor skilled soccer league made up of 12 groups round america, Canada and Mexico, pushed and shoved one another across the area earlier than one participant sprinted down a tunnel towards the locker rooms, shortly adopted by quite a lot of gamers from every crew.
Video of the incident began going viral on Wednesday.
It’s unclear what transpired or what occurred after the gamers left the view of the digicam, however the fracas led to the suspensions of Tacoma’s Roman Torres, Luis Birrueta and Stefan Mijatovic, who obtained the harshest penalty of anybody.
Mijatovic was given a four-game ban for “his in-game and post-game conduct, and for making unprofessional, offensive and abusive language/comments in-game and post-game.”
Moreover, “due to the fact that Stefan Mijatovic was previously put on a league probation, Mijatovic will also be issued an undisclosed fine, two (2) penalty points and will need to complete an anger management course and provide the league with a certificate of completion.”
Tenzin Rampa, Derek Huffman and Qudus Lawal of the Wave got suspensions.
“All MASL players, staff, and league personnel are expected to always demonstrate professionalism and self-discipline, regardless of whether extenuating circumstances exist,” the MASL mentioned in an announcement.
The Stars, in an announcement of their very own, mentioned they had been conducting an inner evaluate of the incident.
