Tim Melia receives a yellow card after wild sequence with Cristian Roldan

I’m a Sounders Fan: I know it was a dirty play by the goalie but can completely see why he did what he did, guy was boxing him out like it’s a basketball game, if he let him keep doing that, it was only going to keep happening. Player knew what he was doing to the goalie, he just tried to play it off as an accident.

Should have been an ejection. You cannot body slam someone just because they got in your way. You are allowed to get in the keeper's way as have same right to the ball. Now, he might push you out of the way some and refs allow a little bit, but to grab someone and WWE body slam? No way. That ref always messes up. Sounders have a home field disadvantage with the refs most of the time. And I say that as a ref myself.

What a loser….RED CARD his a$$. Hey wrestlemania is hiring bro.

Really hope MLS does a thorough review if this. Should have been a red card.

Shit, I'd watch football if this happened more.

What was actually given after this though? Yellow to both players and then what?

Look at Melia's feet after they hit the post… look at Roldan's feet

After the two combatants hit the post, neither of Melia’s feet are planted. Thus, Melia does not have the foundation to use excessive force in the way the vast majority of people have characterized his actions. Roldan’s right foot is planted. I am not saying Roldan forces Melia back necessarily, but the force of both hitting the post and Roldan’s shoulder into Melia’s chest (while Roldan’s foot is planted, again I’m not claiming Roldan pushes backwards with force – it’s very difficult to decipher that…) knocked Melia off balance. Thus, he begins to fall backwards. Well, if anyone is falling backwards, it is a natural reaction to protect themselves. Instead of violently throwing Roldan down with both arms (as a wrestler would), Melia puts one arm back to try and catch himself. The fact that the two were tangled and Melia was thrown off balance means an end result of one of Melia’s arms pulling down Roldan with him.

To me, it is not an intentional "body slam" or violent conduct. It is simply a human reaction to losing one’s balance that happen to be when two people were battling for the ball and wanting to win. I believe Melia may become the victim of (suspension) a social media storm, people’s fascination with the "fun" and "thrill" of perceived violent conduct, and people getting carried away with it all.

Well as the kids say these days, Roldon fucked around and found out. I do agree that normally that's a straight red card on Melia but since Roldon was obstructing Melia I'd say the resulting yellow cards were enough. It never should have gotten to that point in the first place so pretty much a fail all around by the Ref.

I think it's reds for both. The goalie is just trying to get back into a good position to protect the net and the strikers is being a REAL B***H of a player doing what he's doing. None of it happens unless that striker is being a disgusting little worm, but the goalie's response was over the top and poor. It's either reds for both or nothing at all, because that striker is NOT innocent AT all. Also this is coming from an indifferent perspective because I could give a crap about either team, so take that for what it's worth as a soccer fan who pretty much only watches euro club.

As a keeper and a former ref, this is legal. Posting out the keeper from getting to the ball is yellow card if not red as last man back, responding like Melia did was perfect. Kudos to the refs for only citing the yellow, should have carded Roldan as well.

RED CARD for goalie.
Melia violently tried to harm another player. He used his size and aggressiveness (steroids?) on the forward.
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Yellow Card for Cristian Roldan.
You can’t back into a goalie that way.
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It’s up to the Referees to control the game and excessive behavior. They failed.
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There’s no room in the game for sociopaths who want to harm and injure other players. The game is already physical and tough enough.
Melia may not even belong in the sport.

fuck the sounders. try to push a keeper u get what u get

The commentator's in MLS are so bad lol half the time I watch any MLS game I have the sound off and listen to a podcast or something . It makes it unwatchable at times

Christian Roldan is lucky that’s all he got, as a keeper myself. Made the keep hit his head on the post, I’m throwing haymakers if he wants to play like that.