{"id":16020,"date":"2012-10-11T08:41:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T12:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=16020"},"modified":"2012-10-11T17:06:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T21:06:24","slug":"benny-second-caution-was-stupid-play-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=16020","title":{"rendered":"Benny: Second Caution Was ‘A Stupid Play For Me’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Revolution midfielder Benny Feilhaber admitted that his second yellow card in Saturday’s loss to Philadelphia wasn’t “smart.” (Photo: Kari Heistad\/CapturedImages.biz)<\/p><\/div>\n

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. \u2013 Days after he was sent off at the twilight of Saturday\u2019s 1-0 loss to the Union, Revolution midfielder Benny Feilhaber explained the circumstances that led to his second yellow and subsequent red card ejection.<\/p>\n

In the 88th minute, Feilhaber, who was already carrying a yellow earned two minutes prior, put his shoulder into Antoine Hoppenot while Keon Daniel accelerated his dribble along the left touchline. Referee Jorge Gonzalez brandished a second yellow and subsequent red card for the foul.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to obstruct (Hoppenot) from making the run – something that\u2019s not smart when you\u2019re already on a yellow,\u201d Feilhaber said after training on Wednesday. \u201cBut at that point, I had lost my head a bit. It was a stupid play for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feilhaber acknowledges he should have also been \u201csmarter\u201d on the foul that led to his first booking in the 86th minute, when he kicked the ball away from Hoppenot just as Gonzalez was ready to caution Revolution midfielder Ryan Guy for tugging the Union striker\u2019s jersey.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0the veteran central midfielder\u00a0also believes that a pair of Union players pleaded with Gonzalez to issue a yellow to him for the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe referee wasn\u2019t even going to give me a yellow card,\u201d Feilhaber said. \u201cHe was asked to give me yellow card by two players on the Union you can clearly see that in the game (replay). I don\u2019t know what happened. I didn\u2019t try to kick him after the whistle that\u2019s for sure and I definitely kicked the ball so I didn\u2019t kick the guy at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Revolution head coach Jay Heaps backed his central midfielder, especially after he looked at the tape of Saturday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he was a little frustrated with the inconsistency he felt from the referee,\u201d Heaps said after training on Wednesday. \u201cMaybe he kind of got caught on the first one, and on the second one, it was more a tactical play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Feilhaber says that \u201cthere\u2019s no use in complaining about it,\u201d he does feel badly about his one-game suspension, which will keep him on the sidelines for the Oct. 20 home finale against Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sucks that I can\u2019t be out there to help my teammates,\u201d Feilhaber said. \u201cI know everyone puts in 100% every single day and in training. Anyone that gets a red card will tell you how helpless they feel as soon as you get that red card. Once that red card gets shown, you just feel an instant regret. You wish you could take it back, but you can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Feilhaber knows that he needs to do better to keep his temper in check going forward, especially in games similar to Saturday’s,\u00a0which took on a rough and tumble tone in the second half.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I do play with a good bit of fire, a little bit of attitude,\u201d Feilhaber said. \u201cEven though I think it\u2019s good to play with that fire, I think at the same time I know I need to control it a bit more to help myself and help my team. It\u2019s something I continue to work on. It\u2019s something that is obviously is within me, it\u2019s not easy to kind of change in that sense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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