Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke suspended, fined
Posted July 18, 2018 7:00 am
NEW YORK (AP) - Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke has been suspended an additional game and fined $10,000 by Major League Soccer for on-field misconduct during a game against Minnesota United.
The suspension announced Wednesday follows an automatic one-game game ban for being ejected from the Utah club's 3-1 road loss Saturday night.
Petke was fined for abusive and profane language directed at officials, uncontrollable behavior when he was ejected and public criticism of officials during a postgame press conference. Real Salt Lake also was fined $10,000 fine for social media posts.
Petke will miss games Saturday night against Colorado and July 28 against San Jose.
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