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MLS Disciplinary Committee fines Vancouver Whitecaps’ Ghazal for violent conduct

Major League Soccer Disciplinary Committee has fined Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Aly Ghazal an undisclosed amount for headlocking Seattle Sounders duo of Nico Lodeiro and Ozzie Alonso.

In an encounter that ended as a stalemate in the BC Place Stadium, Ghazal had his hands wrapped up in necks of Lodeiro and Alonso in the 83rd minute.

And the league’s disciplinary committee described the 25-year-old’s offence as aviolation of league policy regarding hands to the face, head or neck of an opponent which warranted an undisclosed fine.

“The MLS Disciplinary Committee has found Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Aly Ghazal in violation of league policy regarding hands to the face, head or neck of an opponent,” the statement reads on MLS website.