When allegations of a New York Red Bulls player toward a member of the San Jose Earthquakes emerged after Saturday’s 1-1 draw, they not only soured a Major League Soccer matchday, but also followed several patterns that surfaced in such incidents.
This is the third such allegation leveled toward a player — in this case presumed to be Red Bulls forward Dante Vanzeir — in as many seasons. The first came in a 2021 game when Minnesota United’s Franco Fragapane was accused of verbal abuse toward the Portland Timbers’ Diego Chara. The second was against D.C. United’s Taxi Fountas in a match last September.
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