The MLS Disciplinary Committee announced on Wednesday that Portland Timbers defender Norberto Paparatto has been suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount for serious foul play which endangered the safety of an opponent in the Seattle Sounders' 4-2 win over Portland on Sunday.
On an aerial challenge, Paparatto made contact with the head of Chad Marshall in the 39th minute (see video above). At the time, Paparatto received a yellow card for the foul.
2014 MLS DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE DECISIONS
Week 23: FC Dallas midfielder Andrés Escobar fined for embellishment
Week 22: Eddie Johnson suspended two games, Calum Mallace one for separate incidents
Week 21: Jamison Olave suspended two games, both Morales and Cahill fined
Week 19: Vancouver Whitecaps, Real Salt Lake charged with mass confrontation
Week 17:New York defender Armando, Colorado forward Sánchez suspended two games each
Week 17:Revs midfielder Lee Nguyen suspended for stomp on RSL's John Stertzer
Week 16: FC Dallas winger Fabian Castillo suspended four matches
Week 14:Colorado Rapids' Dillon Serna suspended, fines handed out to Chicago Fire, Seattle Sounders
Week 11:D.C. United's Eddie Johnson, Portland Timbers' Alvas Powell suspended
Week 10:San Jose's Víctor Bernárdez suspended
Week 9:LA Galaxy's Rob Friend fined for embellishment
Week 7: Crew's Bernardo Añor fined for mass confrontation, Chivas USA's Wilmer Cabrera fined
Week 6: Crew's Giancarlo Gonzalez fined for embellishment
Week 5: D.C.'s Lewis Neal suspended, Revolution's Jay Heaps is fined
Week 4:Toronto's Steven Caldwell suspended; Colorado's Drew Moor fined
Week 3:Toronto's Jackson and Portland's Donovan Ricketts are suspended
Week 2:Seattle's Clint Dempsey, two other players suspended
