This implies that he will only miss one more game, which is this Saturday’s encounter with Real Salt Lake. On March 30, Sartini will return to the sidelines for the team’s game against the Portland Timbers. Due to an outburst he had after the previous season’s
playoff loss to LAFC, he was initially suspended. The game ended in a dramatic fashion with a goal from LAFC after referee Timothy Ford collided with a Whitecaps player. After the game, Sartini made a
number of controversial remarks, including a joke in which he implied that the referee would be the top suspect in the police case if he was discovered in
False Creek. Sartini was highly critical of the officiating. Due to his acts, Sartini was initially given a five-game suspension. Additionally, he got
red card in the LAFC defeat, which results in an automatic one-game ban; he was supposed to miss a total of six games with the squad. Four games will be
missed in total with this two-game reduction.The Italian head coach joined the team in 2019 and has been in that role since August 2021. With seven
points from their opening three games, the Whitecaps have gotten off to their best MLS start since 2012, indicating that they haven’t missed their
