Main League Soccer handed New York Metropolis FC midfielder Maxi Moralez a wonderful on Tuesday for a quick altercation after their 2-0 playoff loss to the Pink Bulls on Saturday night time.
The league’s disciplinary committee fined Moralez an undisclosed quantity for “violating the Hands to the Face/Head/Neck of an Opponent Policy.”
Moralez went over and grabbed Pink Bulls defender John Tolkin by the again of the neck and shoved him as Tolkin seemed to be gesturing towards Metropolis followers.
The NYCFC participant additionally shoved defender Andres Reyes as he ran towards Tolkin and the incident led to one of many refs and Pink Bulls keeper Carlos Coronel stepping in to attempt to defuse the scenario.
Reyes appeared to additionally attempt to calm issues down by making an attempt to speak with Moralez.
The scenario finally calmed down and a few gamers on all sides might be seen shaking arms.
Saturday’s sport marked the primary time that the Pink Bulls and New York Metropolis FC have confronted each other within the MLS Cup playoffs and added one other chapter to the Hudson River Derby.
Earlier than the incident between the 2 groups, a small group of NYCFC followers might be seen throwing bottles onto the sphere towards the celebrating Pink Bull gamers.
Tolkin was noticed catching one of many beer bottles that was being thrown towards the sphere.
In a separate second, one other Metropolis fan ran onto the sphere and needed to be tackled by safety earlier than reaching an NYCFC participant.
The loss dropped at an finish an up-and-down season for NYCFC and resulted ultimately of head coach Nick Cushing’s tenure with the staff.
Metropolis introduced on Tuesday morning that the membership had parted methods with Cushing after two seasons on the helm.
The choice got here as a little bit of a shock contemplating Cushing had mentioned what he imagined for the way forward for the membership after the loss.
