If you’ve been watching the RSL games lately, or any MLS game lately, you might have noticed something new. Just three short weeks into the 2016 season started and the refs are already “card-happy.” Ten red cards have been given to eight different teams and RSL has collected three of those.
Chris Kamrani of the Salt Lake Tribune caught up with Head Coach Jeff Cassar and got his take on the obvious change that is happening.
"They're trying to send a message, so every half-thing that looks like a red card is a red card right now," Cassar said. "I don't think it's a discipline thing, I don't think it's a personality thing. It's the beginning of the year and the referees are card-happy right now. So what we continue to do is bring it to our players' attention that you can't put yourself in those situations and [the refs] are card-happy. It's clear. We're going to have to try to adapt to it, but it is what it is."
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