Harrison Afful's red card rescinded

Columbus Crew defender Harrison Afful has had his red card rescinded after the MLS board decided his tackle did not merit a straight sending off.

Afful was shown a straight red in the 74th minute last Saturday night for a challenge on D.C. United’s Marcelo Sarvas during a 1-1 draw.

Replays clearly showed the fullback drove through the ball and never made contact with the United midfielder, who embellished the collision and drew the foul.

The 10-man Crew ended up surrendering a late goal to drop two critical points in the standings.

Coach and sporting director Gregg Berhalter sounded confident Monday morning the club would win its appeal.

And dully the three-member panel who sat on the case have decided against punishing the defender anymore.