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Tanner raises concerns after Fabián handed additional one match suspension

Marco Fabián's additional one match suspension was announced today by the Major League Soccer disciplinary committee. Fabián was charged with violent conduct after he landed on Sporting Kansas City's Johnny Russell, who had slid in with a late tackle and forced the Union midfielder to leap into the air to avoid injury and straightened his leg as he fell, making contact with Russell’s prone body in the process. Referee Chris Penso was only a few yards away from the play and did not initially brandish a red card. But after contact from the VAR, Penso returned and sent off Fabián.