Amid the sheer pandemonium of Marco Pappa’s late, late winner against LA Galaxy last weekend, you might have missed the moment that casts something of a shadow over Colorado Rapids’ trip to D.C. United on Sunday.
Overcome with emotion, the substituted Shkëlzen Gashi raced on to the playing area to celebrate with his friend and team-mates. The infringement brings a mandatory suspension and, despite lobbying from the Front Office, the Albanian will miss the nationally televised game at RFK this weekend (ESPN2, 3:00 p.m MT).
It is a blow, because Gashi is getting more influential with every MLS minute.