The MLS Disciplinary Committee has suspended Vancouver Whitecaps FC forward Masato Kudo for one game and issued an undisclosed fine for simulation/embellishment (VIDEO). The decision led to a penalty kick in the 22nd minute of Vancouver’s game against the Houston Dynamo on March 26. The penalty was converted by Pedro Morales as the lone goal in a 1-0 Whitecaps win.
“It doesn’t come as a surprise to me,” Dynamo head coach Owen Coyle said. “I said in my press conference (on Saturday) never in a million years was that even close to being a penalty. We all knew that the player had thrown himself to the ground when he had no chance of reaching the ball.