Did DC United’s Wayne Rooney get the superstar treatment?
The English veteran was initially sent off from Thursday’s match against FC Dallas following a tactical foul on Michael Barrios.
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Barrios had Rooney beaten for pace and was racing down the right side of the pitch when he was felled by a lunging kick to his trailing leg.
Referee Nima Saghafi initially paused before producing a straight red card from his back pocket, and reds are subject to video review in Major League Soccer.
The offense was changed to a caution upon review, perhaps because it was a fair assumption to expect that Rooney rakes his studs on Barrios and it wasn’t quite like that.
Fair or foul?