MLS Disciplinary Committee suspends Chicago Fire's Bakary Soumare for endangering safety of an opponent

Bakary Soumare

On Thursday, the MLS Disciplinary Committee announced a pair of decisions from Week 28.


From the Sept. 20 game between the Chicago Fire and D.C. United, Fire defender Bakary Soumare was fined and issued a one-game suspension for his tackle that endangered the safety of an opponent (VIDEO). Soumare will miss the Fire's Sept. 28 game against the Houston Dynamo.


The MLS Disciplinary Committee has also fined Chivas USA midfielder Leandro Barrera an undisclosed amount for simulation in the 80th minute of the team's game at Toronto FC on Sept. 21 (watch the play).


2014 MLS DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE DECISIONS

Week 27:Nick LaBrocca suspended  |  Michael Bradley fined


Week 26:D.C. United's Ben Olsen, Davy Arnaud and Sean Franklin fined along with New York Red Bulls' Roy Miller


Week 25:Montreal Impact's Hassoun Camara, Chivas USA's Erick Torres suspended, Seattle's Pineda and D.C.'s Silva fined


Week 24MLS Disciplinary Committee fines, suspends Portland Timbers' Norberto Paparatto for serious foul play


Week 23FC Dallas midfielder Andrés Escobar fined for embellishment


Week 22

Eddie Johnson suspended two games, Calum Mallace one for separate incidents

Week 21Jamison 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 16FC Dallas winger Fabian Castillo suspended four matches


Week 15D.C. United's Fabian Espindola suspended, FC Dallas' Josema Bazan suspended, Portland Timbers' Maximiliano Urruti fined


Week 14:Colorado Rapids' Dillon Serna suspended, fines handed out to Chicago Fire, Seattle Sounders


Week 13:Fines issued to Montreal Impact's Hassoun Camara for simulation, Sporting KC's Igor Julião for hands to the face and Vancouver's Sebastian Fernandez for embellishment


Week 12:Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders warned for violating mass confrontation policy, Vancouver Whitecaps' Pedro Morales and Seattle Sounders' Chad Barrett fined


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 8:D.C.'s Eddie Johnson fined for hands to the face; Vancouver's Paolo Tornaghi suspended for entering field


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


Week 1:D.C.'s Luis Silva fined for simulation