The Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City had a battle of a game yesterday for the USOC, and things escalated more than many noticed. During a set piece for Sporting Kansas, there was a big argument between Brad Davis, and Roger Espinoza during this argument it looked like there was contact but the referee was not looking. Instead when they got more heated and other players got involved he carded them all. This included Brad Davis, Roger Espinoza and Matt Besler. The game went on but clearly should have resulted in a red card if not more. Coach Coyle made it clear he thought both teams should have been down a man at that point and the proof was in the pudding. Check it out here:

I would assume this is what Houston players/Owen Coyle wanted Espinoza sent off for. #SportingKC#USCO2015pic.twitter.com/5xBy1UJUVa — Andy Edwards (@AndyEdMLS) July 22, 2015

Now it may be hard to see. Look at Davis and Espinoza you see a snap of the hand towards Davis’s head and then everyone bursts out into yelling and screaming. You see the entire Houston team point at Espinoza, but the referee was not looking. So let us take a look in slow motion:

Here you can really tell Espinoza gives Davis a smack to the face. This was a case of the linesmen and the head referee caught sleeping. It was super quick, but someone should have seen this. Instead, he got no red and Sporting Kansas City went on to win the game.

It is expected he will receive some disciplinary action, but how much will it affect Espinoza in the MLS? Probably not much based on other examples. Espinoza will likely not be able to play in their next match against Real Salt Lake for the US Open Cup, but a small consolation to say the least. He violently assaulted a player on the field in what is many people’s eyes worse than what Dempsey did a few weeks ago and was banned for two years.