Jeremy Ebobisse

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY CHRIS WHEELER: The last strains of Wonderwall were still echoing around Allianz Field when Eric Ramsay walked to the side of the pitch and waited for his children. Carefully, he lifted two-and-a-half-year-old Jac over the perimeter fence, and then held his son's hand with one hand while using the other to carry one-year-old daughter Lili back onto the grass. The Minnesota United coach led them to the goalmouth in front of the club's hardcore supporters who cheered wildly as he helped them to kick a ball over the line.

For the first time after being suspended for six games for racial offenses, New York Red Bulls forward Dante Vanzeir took the field for the first time. During a game against the San Jose Earthquakes earlier this season, Vanzeir confessed to calling a referee a'monkey.' He was also fined $10,000 for his six-game suspension. After disagreeing with a call on the field, the Belgian striker said he meant it "in the sense of clown, dummy."

In the racial controversy that has shambolicized Major League Soccer, New York Red Bulls striker Dante Vanzeir has revealed that he used the term'monkey' in the sense that it meant the same as 'clown'. Vanzeir said in an interview in Belgium that he accepts his $10,000 fine and six-game suspension and hopes to reclaim his image for the newest incident that has stung Major League Soccer. Vanzeir told Sporza: "I'll tell you exactly how it went." The referee blows his whistle for a foul, prompting me to engage in a discussion with him. I'm still grumbling to myself about the ref. I said monkeys then, but in the sense of clown, dummy. I was shocked that he made the wrong decision.