New video emerged from Mathias’ encounter with FC Kansas City’s Shea Groom, leading the NWSL Disciplinary Committee to suspend her.
Seattle Reign FC’s Merritt Mathias will be watching her teammates from the stands on Saturday. That’s because NWSL Disciplinary Committee announced on Friday that it has suspended Mathias one game for an incident between her and FC Kansas City forward Shea Groom.
The Disciplinary Committee cites “major game misconduct, unsportsmanlike conduct detrimental to the League” in its decision.
While the livestream offered no camera angles in real time to view the scuffle, here is how The Kansas City Star described the incident, which occurred in the 12th minute of last weekend’s match.