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Yahoo
29-05-2025
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NWSL suspends Racing Louisville's Kayla Fischer two additional matches for pulling player's hair
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) announced Thursday that it is escalating its disciplinary decision on Racing Louisville forward Kayla Fischer, who received a straight red card and one-game suspension during a match against Angel City FC that ended in a 3-3 draw on May 24 in Los Angeles. Fischer now faces an additional two-game suspension for 'her actions in an incident that occurred' in the 64th minute of the match, the league's statement reads. Advertisement In the lead up to a Racing corner kick, Fischer grabbed the ponytail of Angel City midfielder Madison Hammond and yanked her by the head toward the ground as the kick was taken. 'After further review of the altercation, the Disciplinary Committee determined that Fischer's conduct violated Section 12.4.10, 'Major Game Misconduct,' of the League Operations Manual,' the league said. Prior to that incident, Fischer had been shown three yellow cards this season. In addition to Racing's June 6 match against the Utah Royals, for which Fischer was already ineligible due to the initial red card, she will also be unable to play in Racing's next two matches against the Orlando Pride on June 14 and the Kansas City Current on June 20. She will not be able to rejoin the squad in the regular season until after the summer break on Aug. 1, when the team faces the Current again. The league's judgment comes less than a month after another Racing player, Brazilian forward Ary Borges, also received additional disciplinary action following a tense meeting with the Portland Thorns on April 27, which also ended in a 3-3 draw. Advertisement Borges was found to have pushed the center referee after the game and was initially handed a red card for her behavior, but the league increased her suspension from one match to three after further review of the incident. At 4-2-4, Racing occupies the eighth spot in the NWSL table, narrowly inside playoff contention. This article originally appeared in The Athletic. Racing Louisville FC, NWSL 2025 The Athletic Media Company
Yahoo
29-05-2025
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Racing Louisville's Kayla Fischer receives 3-match suspension for hair-pull foul vs. Angel City
Racing Louisville's Kayla Fischer has been suspended for three games after pulling an opponent down by the hair, the NWSL announced Thursday. The foul took place in the second half of Louisville's 3-2 win over Angel City on Saturday. In the 63rd minute of the match, while defending a corner kick in the box, Fischer grabbed Angel City midfielder Madison Hammond's hair, pulling her down in the process. After video review, the referee gave Fischer a red card and awarded a penalty kick. Advertisement Alyssa Thompson nailed the penalty, but ACFC was unable to overcome Louisville's early lead. Racing held on to win the away match despite having only 10 players for the final 30 minutes. As a result of the red card, Fischer automatically received a one-game suspension. But in a press release on Thursday, the NWSL announced that Fischer would be suspended an additional two games. Per the league, her actions were deemed "Major Game Misconduct," and in violation of the NWSL's League Operations Manual. Fischer and the club can appeal the ruling, but are not likely to do so, per ESPN. Advertisement Fischer will serve her suspension during Racing Louisville's matches against the Utah Royals on June 6, the Kansas City Current on June 14 and the Orlando Pride on June 20. Due to a lengthy international break in July, Fischer will not return to the field for Louisville until Aug. 1, when the team host the Current again. Fischer, 25, has started all 10 of Louisville's games so far this season. She has two goals and two assists, tied for second most on the team.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Racing Louisville's Kayla Fischer receives three-match suspension for hair-pull foul vs. Angel City
Racing Louisville's Kayla Fischer has been suspended for three games after pulling an opponent down by the hair, the NWSL announced Thursday. The foul took place in the second half of Louisville's 3-2 win over Angel City on Saturday. In the 63rd minute of the match, while defending a corner kick in the box, Fischer grabbed Angel City midfielder Madison Hammond's hair, pulling her down in the process. After video review, the referee gave Fischer a red card and awarded Advertisement Alyssa Thompson nailed the penalty, but ACFC was unable to overcome Louisville's early lead. Racing held on to win the away match despite playing with 10 players for the final 30 minutes. As a result of the red card, Fischer automatically received a one-game suspension. But in a press release on Thursday, the NWSL announced that Fischer would be suspended an additional two games. Per the league, her actions were deemed "Major Game Misconduct," and in violation of the NWSL's League Operations Manual. Fischer and the club can appeal the ruling, but are not likely to do so, per ESPN. Advertisement Fischer will serve her suspension during Racing Louisville's matches against the Utah Royals on June 6, the Kansas City Current on June 14 and the Orlando Pride on June 20. Due to a lengthy international break in July, Fischer will not return to the field for Louisville until August 1, when the team host the Current again. Fischer, 25, has started all 10 of Louisville's games so far this season. She has two goals and two assists, tied for second most on the team.
New York Times
05-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
NWSL issues two additional disciplinary actions to Racing Louisville's Ary Borges and Washington Spirit's Jonatan Giráldez
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) disciplinary committee on Monday handed down two additional sanctions to a player and coach who were each found to have violated league rules beyond its initial judgements. In a statement, the NWSL gave Racing Louisville and Brazilian women's national team forward Ary Borges a further three-match suspension upon further review of her behavior toward a referee after she was given a red card. Advertisement The incident occurred in the aftermath of Racing's April 27 battle of an away match in Portland against the Thorns, which ended in a 3-3 draw that saw two penalties awarded. The league said that 'after further review of the altercation, during which Borges was found to have pushed the center official after receiving the red card, the Disciplinary Committee determined that her conduct violated Section 12.4.10, 'Major Game Misconduct,' of the League Operations Manual.' Following that match, Thorns midfielder Jessie Fleming called the game, in which a league-record 41 fouls were called, among 'the most frustrating' she's ever competed in. 'I do think that match can't keep happening in this league,' she said in a press conference. 'I think it's embarrassing. It alters the match. It alters, really, the sport.' Borges put out a statement of her own that day on social media expressing remorse over her actions on the field and, like Fleming, calling for change. 'First I would like to apologize for the red card at the end of the match, I ended up getting carried away by the emotional side at the moment,' she wrote. 'I'm not much of talking about referees because they are things that are beyond our control but what happened today in the match was a shame. At the level of this league, it is not acceptable to have someone commanding a match like it was today.' The league's recent decision has increased the total match ban from one (for the initial red card) to four for Borges, who has scored one goal for Racing so far this season. Borges, 25, served her first suspension on May 2 when Racing took on the Spirit in a 2-0 loss. She did not travel for Racing's match last weekend against the Houston Dash, a 2-1 victory, and will sit out the team's next three matches from May 9 until May 24. Racing's June 6 match against the Utah Royals will be the next for which Borges is eligible to play. Racing sit in 11th place in the table. An additional action was also taken against Washington Spirit head coach Jonatan Giráldez for his conduct during the Spirit's rivalry match against New Jersey/New York Gotham FC at home on April 26. Giráldez, who is in his first full season with the Spirit after joining the team from Barcelona midway through last season. Advertisement In the final minutes of second-half stoppage time, Giraldez was handed a straight red card for entering Gotham's technical area. The Spirit, ranked sixth in the league, lost 3-0. According to the NWSL, after receiving the card, 'Giráldez failed to exit the field as required by the NWSL following ejection from a match,' which violated Section 12.4.1 (E) of the operations guide, which addresses sendoffs and dismissals. As a result, Giráldez will now miss one more match on top of the one-game ban he served last Friday in the Spirit's 4-3 loss to Angel City at Audi Field. He will be authorized to return after his team's May 10 game against the Chicago Stars.
