The Mexican Hector Herrera He was expelled this Sunday from the first round playoff game of the MLS among his team, the Houston Dynamoand the Seattle Sounders, for spitting at the referee. The incident occurred 64 minutes into the match, with the score 0-0, when Herrera, annoyed at seeing a yellow card, spat towards the referee’s legs when he was looking away.
The VAR notified the referee, who went to review what happened on the screen at the foot of the field and, a few seconds later, showed the red card to the Mexican midfielder. Dynamo had lost the first game of this series in the best of three games after going through the penalty shootout. This Sunday, after Herrera’s expulsion, another round was necessary before the Sounders could seal their ticket to the next round.
The Seattle team took the lead in the 88th minute thanks to Salvadoran Cristian Roldán, but the Dynamo equalized in added time with an own goal from Roldán. It was a golden opportunity for Houston, but a mistake by Tate Schmitt after six transformations per team gave the victory to the Sounders.
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Cristian Roldán, his compatriot Alexander Roldán and Peruvian Raúl Ruidíaz scored for the Sounders. The Seattle team awaits one between Los Angeles FC and Vancouver in the second round.
