Mexican referee gets five-match ban for showing two yellow cards at once

The guy in green got carded for laughing at the ref.

in the caribbean that referee's correar would be over.

Marco Antonio "Chiquidracula" Rodriguez is the most interesting ref in the world "I don't always show two yellow cards at the same time, but when I do..."

Drat, revolutionary efficiency foiled again!

if there were green cards, all the players would want 1

Anyone who watches the Mexican soccer league would know that this guy is hated by every fan and team.

So if he can't show two yellow cards at once, why does he have TWO YELLOW CARDS?

Writing so bad thought Chris Chase made it.

too bad about that the bull they set afire too. cultures.

In every sport there seem to be officials who begin to think it's about them, that fans actually come to see them work! The best, most respected referees set a firm, consistent tone early regarding what will be tolerated and then become invisible... a perfectly refereed game is one where you completely forget about them. I can't say that is ever the case with this dude who seems to go way lout of his way inject himself into the picture whenever possible.... which probably has something to do with the impeccably greased and manicured wig. Back off Chiqui-D, I'm trying to watch a game!

That laughing guy is priceless. He's so amused...

he should be fired - this ref is always a prob;em , how was he selected for the final????

THIS IS REALLY OLD NEWS / YAHOO . . . this is over o month and and half old . . .

Mexicans!

or should I say Mexicano

Ok..for you football and I mean (soccer) haters who think my sport is the worst....at least we play more than one game a week, there's not sixty men on a team, we don't suck on oxygen after running 20 yards, WE ACTUALLY USE OUR FEET, no half time music concerts and we actually have a world champ....so go watch that SORRY excuse for a sport called football.

Poor ref...he was just trying to wake up the crowd from boredom.

No question it is a major violation of referee mechanics to display two cards at the same time, even more so to two different players. Pretty ridiculous, in fact. There are some variants in High School sports, but as a rule, we are taught to display only one card at a time. Even when issuing a second caution (same player, which BTW, can occur pretty quickly, esp. if there is Dissent after a Caution for another offense, e.g, Unsporting Behavior), we should display first the yellow caution, tuck it away, and then show the Red (Orange as a way of describing a Soft Red) . When dealing with two players that have "earned" Cautions ... not all that unusual actually ... the ref should deal with one player at a time, displaying the appropriate card, or cards, that were merited, and then address the second player for his card-able offense .... If there has been Serious Foul Play or Violent Conduct, that issue should be addressed first ... to remove a potentially volatile element form the field, but either, the ref should handle each player separately.

Anyone who would "whip his son's butt" for wanting to play soccer is a child abuser.

Ref esta muy menso.

Running 45 halves with aggressive contact is too much of a sport for fat, out of shape American athletes who try to belittle the sport because they CAN'T play it. You can be fat and slow and still hit a baseball or tackle someone nearby. Those jokers could never last a tennis set, let alone a match. Laughing at Americans. Yes, I'm American.