NEW YORK -- Major League Soccer suspended and fined Montreal Impact players Andres Romero of Argentina and Marco Di Vaio on Friday for violent conduct that endangered Houston opponents in their playoff game Thursday. Craig Robertson Browns Jersey . Houston won 3-0 to advance to face New York in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Last in the game, Di Vaio and Romero got into a shoving match with several Houston players. Romero appeared to elbow and kick Houston defender Kofi Sarkodie. Along with an automatic one-game suspension, Di Vaio was suspended two additional games and fined an extra $1,000. He will serve the suspension next season. Romero, who also received a red card and an automatic one-game suspension for committing an act of violent conduct against an opponent, was suspended an additional two games and fined an additional $250. He also will serve the suspension next year. Houston coach Dominic Kinnear earned an automatic one-game suspension for leaving his technical area and entering the field of play during the 89th minute. He will not be permitted on the sideline or in the locker room Sunday against New York. MLS also determined that Houston and Montreal violated the leagues mass confrontation policy. After repeated mass confrontation violations this season, the Impact were fined $25,000 and coach Marco Schallibaum was docked $2,500. The Dynamo were fined $5,000.Violen Ahtyba Rubin . Garza, who signed a four-year, $50 million deal with the Milwaukee in the off-season, retired the Cubs in order in four of the first six innings. Andrew Hawkins Jersey . -- The Anaheim Ducks realize theyre in for plenty of tight defensive games in the next seven weeks while the rest of the NHL attempts to catch them atop the standings.DENVER -- Minnesota goalie Darcy Kuemper has left Game 7 of the Wilds playoff series against Colorado with an apparent injury. Kuemper was replaced by Ilya Bryzgalov in the third period Wednesday night. The natuure of the injury wasnt clear and there was no immediate announcement by the Wild. Isaiah Crowell. Bryzgalov had not played since Game 2 of the series. The Wild and Avalanche were tied at 4 after regulation. ' ' '
