SOCCER
Toronto FC’s Robin Fraser, Richie Laryea and Benjamín Kuscevic suspended for Red Bull trip
MLS lists Toronto’s head coach and both defenders as suspended for Saturday’s match in New Jersey because of yellow-card accumulation.
Toronto FC will be without head coach Robin Fraser and defenders Richie Laryea and Benjamín Kuscevic through suspension for Saturday’s match at Red Bull New York, Major League Soccer’s disciplinary summary confirms.
The league’s October 16 notice lists Fraser under technical staff yellow-card accumulation. Laryea and Kuscevic are listed separately for player yellow-card accumulation. All three suspensions apply to the October 17 fixture in New Jersey.
The absences come as Toronto tries to close a three-point gap to its opponent. The Reds enter with 33 points from 29 matches, while Red Bull has 36 points from the same number of games.
Laryea and Kuscevic both started Wednesday’s 3–3 draw against Orlando City at BMO Field. Toronto twice led before conceding twice in six minutes, then recovered a point through Matheus Pereira’s 90th-minute equalizer.
Toronto took four points from its two most recent home matches, having beaten CF Montréal 2–1 on October 10. Lewis Morgan and Djordje Mihailovic scored in stoppage time to overturn that game.
Saturday’s match is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison. Toronto then has four regular season matches remaining. The disciplinary notice assigns the suspensions to this fixture; they are separate from any injury-related absences.
