his actions after pushing referee Mark Geiger.
Jermaine Jones has apologised for his behaviour towards
referee Mark Geiger after reacting badly to a stoppage-time
decision.
The USA international charged at the official and shoved him
after a handball shout against Sean Franklin was turned down
with his New England Revolution trailing DC United 2-1 in the
dying moments.
The 33-year-old midfielder was shown a second yellow card for
his actions as the Revolution crashed out of the 2015 MLS play-
offs in the knockout stage and Jones later regretted his
outburst.
"I apologise for the situation and what I did after," he said.
"I apologise, for a national-team player and all that kind of stuff,
it cannot happen, and I’m sorry for that. But, who knows me
knows that I hate to lose and I would not go crazy if I'm not 100
per cent sure that’s a penalty.
"From man to man, to Geiger, I would say I'm sorry for what
happened, and it won't happen again."
Despite his remorse, however, Jones – who has 54 caps for
USA – maintains the official made the incorrect call.
"I think everybody who came today could see it, it was 100 per
cent a penalty," he added.
"My passion then after maybe went a little bit high, but I think
it’s normal. It's only two minutes to go, and then you’re out.
"For what happened after, I would say I’m sorry, maybe
because I play with the national team it cannot happen, but it
happened.
"People who know me, they know that I’m not a good loser. In
that moment I was really upset, I think if you give Scotty
[Caldwell]’s penalty, you have to give this penalty, too."
A Caldwell handball led to a DC penalty, which was missed by
Chris Rolfe before the forward netted an 83rd-minute winner.
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