Comments on: Aguirre Suspended Three Games and Other Gold Cup News: Who’s Moving on, Who’s Going Home?

By: Carina

Carina — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:50:08 +0000

I think 3 games is too soft… Michael Bradley got a 3 game suspension for confronting a ref… A coach is suppose to be the ultimate leader of the team and lead by example, Aguirre’s behavior is inexcusable… It doesn’t matter if it was aggressive or not a coach can not interfere in a game like that. It is unprofessional and I believe that FIFA should have made an example of him

By: Jose

Jose — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:47:10 +0000

would have been appropriate to suspend him for the rest of the tournament… But three is fair in my eyes.

By: OhYes

OhYes — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:44:58 +0000

It wasn’t a heavy kick. Seems fair to me.

By: Sneakers O'Toole

Sneakers O'Toole — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:03:58 +0000

It sounds weird saying that a coach kicked an opposing team’s player and he was not suspended for longer than Materazzi was for being headbutted.

By: Tom Cope

Tom Cope — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:56:18 +0000

The ban was too short. They should have made sure he missed some World Cup qualifiers.

By: James

James — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:17:00 +0000

3 games sounds like a fair amount, it’s not like he kicked him in an aggressive nature, of course it wasn’t smart either.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:05:03 +0000

I think 3 games was a bit much I would have banned 2 games and the fine

By: tom

tom — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:58:02 +0000

agree with Ken there…

on another note, this could be an identical QF, SF and Final matchup for USA to the 2007 competition (hopefully all the same results!)

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:05:33 +0000

I think the 3 game ban was too soft; it should had been at least 5 games :-o