MLS Disciplinary Committee suspends Seattle Sounders’ Jackson Ragen for two matches

By Vancouver Television Sports Desk

The MLS Disciplinary Committee has issued multiple rulings following Matchday 35 of the 2026 MLS season, including a two-match suspension for Seattle Sounders FC defender Jackson Ragen. The league announced that Ragen was suspended under Disciplinary Committee Parameter 3 for serious foul play in the 76th minute of Seattle’s match against LAFC on November 7.

According to the league’s discipline notice, Ragen will serve the first match of his two-game suspension in the Western Conference Wild Card match against Real Salt Lake on November 19. The Committee also outlined the potential downstream impact of the sanction depending on Seattle’s postseason progress.

If Seattle advance in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs, the league stated that Ragen will serve the second match of his suspension in the club’s first Round One Best-of-3 Series match. If the Sounders do not advance, the suspension will instead carry over to Seattle’s first match of the 2027 MLS regular season, the Committee said.

In a separate ruling, the MLS Disciplinary Committee also fined Inter Miami CF forward Luis Suárez for violating the league’s policy regarding simulation/embellishment in the 82nd minute of Miami’s match against Charlotte FC on November 7. The league specified that this was Suárez’s second violation of the 2026 MLS season.

The Committee’s statement did not disclose the amounts of either fine, but it confirmed that Ragen’s suspension length and Suárez’s fine were tied to the cited match incidents on November 7. The rulings take effect in the next applicable matches per the league’s postseason and regular-season scheduling framework.