TUKWILA, Wash. – On Monday, Seattle Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid weighed in on a perceived rash of red cards in Major League Soccer this season, and said referees are still working out the kinks of cracking down on the league’s offenders.
MLS referees have handed out 16 red cards through the first 42 games of the season, good enough for 0.38 red cards per game. That number is the highest since 2011, when refs handed out 19 red cards through the first 44 games.
The Sounders have been no stranger to seeing red, as second-year defender Oniel Fisher was sent off midway through the opening game of the season against Sporting Kansas City for a reckless tackle (video above).