The weekly player and coach league discipline posted to the right contains a list of suspended players and coaches, as well as the duration of their suspension.

• A send off (red card) will result in a minimum of a one (1) game suspension. The Disciplinary Review Committee at the league office will determine if further punishment is required.
• Any player accumulating seven (7) yellow cards during the regular season will be suspended for the following match.

All suspensions (except referee assault / abuse or during championship events) shall commence on the 3rd day following the date of the offense. However, the league office reserves the right to rescind the three (3) day grace period and have suspensions become effective immediately for misconducts that are especially violent or severe in nature.

Rule 702 - Serving Suspensions During The Regular Season
The penalties set forth shall apply to all cards awarded to a player in any league match. For the purposes of determining accumulations and game suspensions, any games that count as part of a team’s official league schedule shall be utilized.

Final Regular Season Game Send-off
Any player sent off in a final regular season match must serve the suspension in the first playoff or Finals match, unless the season is over for that player, in which case the suspension will be served in the team’s first league game of the following season.

Guidelines for send off (current match)
Players and coaches sent off from the field are not permitted to watch the game. They must remain in the locker room for the remainder of the match or be outside of the facility premises. Additionally, coaches are not permitted to communicate with their team, staff, or players during the remainder of the game. The type of communication prohibited would include: cellular, 2-way radios, electronic/digital, written, or verbal. Players or coaches returning to the field of play during or directly following the match are subject to additional sanctions.

Coaching Staff Suspension Parameters & Restrictions
Any manager, coach, assistant coach, trainer, or other official bench personnel is prohibited from assuming any official duty at or near the team bench while serving a suspension. Any infringement of this rule may result in the forfeiture of the game and will include discipline for each infraction. (Any trainer sent off during a match should remain in the locker room area through the end of the match and may only return to the pitch with the permission of the referee in the event of an emergency).

Coaches serving suspensions are allowed to communicate with players pre- and post-game only. Suspended coaches may not communicate with the team at half time. Suspended coaches must not be on the field during warm-ups and may not stand, or in any way be in close proximity to, the field of play. Following a game, a coach serving a suspension may enter the locker room, but must not be in or around the field of play. Coaches must sit in the press box or in some location other than in the grandstand. If this is not possible, then the coach is prohibited from attending the game.

Extending a Suspension
In any case, the league reserves the right to impose suspensions beyond any of these parameters for offenses deemed to be particularly violent and against the spirit of the game.

Rule 703 - Suspension During The Playoffs Or Finals

Cautions
A player accumulating three (3) cautions during playoffs or league championship event group play will be prohibited from participating in the team’s next game. Yellow cards are erased after group play and players start clean in the next round.

Send-offs
Any player sent off during the playoffs or league championship event group play will be suspended from the next game unless the season is over. In that case, the suspension will be served in the team’s first league game the following season.

Rule 704 - Commencement of Suspensions
In most cases, suspensions shall commence on the third day following the date of the last offense. However, the League Office reserves the right to rescind the three-day grace period and have suspensions commence immediately for misconduct that is especially severe or violent in nature.

A player or coach that was suspended in a match must serve the suspension of the match with the age group they were suspended with. No player or coach may participate with another team within the club until suspension has been served with said team.

Rule 705 - League Office Discretionary Power on Suspensions
The league office may, at its discretion, rule that a specific game shall not count toward the completion of a suspension, if satisfied that the game has been purposely arranged by the club with a view toward enabling the player in question to complete his suspension at a specific time in order to qualify him to play in another specific game.

The league office may, at its discretion, waive all suspensions for the accumulation of cautions against players and coaches prior to a league championship game.

Rule 706 - League Disciplinary Committee
A panel of individuals from the league office shall conduct the review of disciplinary issues. Such a panel will consist of at least three (3) people on the USL staff, one of which includes the League Director.

Rule 707 - U.S. Soccer Fine for Serious Incidents
The Secretary General of U.S. Soccer has the power to impose fines up to $10,000 for any incident bringing the game into disrepute.