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Real Salt Lake: Kreis rapped twice as hard

Published: Friday, July 11, 2008 12:06 a.m. MDT
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That's when the league started respect initiatives, and it has noticed improved behavior around the league as a result; fines for dissent have gone down as well.

Prior to the start of the 2008 season Gazidis said MLS spoke with every team and emphasized the positive progress of the respect initiatives.

"We asked for the continued leadership from coaches, seeking their support in particular to improve bench behavior and public commentary about officials," said Gazidis.

Kreis' suspension is believed to be the biggest in MLS history for a coach. Former RSL coach John Ellinger was suspended one game in 2006, while Octavio Zambrano (1999 New York) and Sigi Schmid (2001 L.A. Galaxy) have also been suspended for one game.

New England coach Steve Nicol has been fined three times, but never suspended.


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