MLS Disciplinary Committee hands DC United's Fabian Espindola additional four-match suspension

Fabian Espindola was D.C. United's leading goal scorer and assist man in 2014, but they'll have to do without him for the first six matches of the 2015 regular season.

The Argentine forward was issued an additional fine and four-game suspension on Thursday on top of the automatic two-match red card suspension received for "violent conduct" at the end of the MLS Cup Eastern Conference Semifinal second leg on November 8 vs. the New York Red Bulls.

According to an official release from the league, the Disciplinary Committee's decision came "for contact with the Assistant Referee."

2014 MLS DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE DECISIONS

Dec. 9 (Playoffs):DC's Fabian Espindola receives additional four-match suspension

Nov. 25 (Playoffs):Sebastian Fernandez suspended for making contact with official

Nov. 5 (Playoffs):Jermaine Jones fined for simulation

Oct. 31 (Playoffs):Díaz suspended, FC Dallas warned for mass confrontation

Week 32:Garrido, De Rosario, Igor Juliao fined, suspended

Week 31:Peguy Luyindula fined, suspended

Week 29:Carlos Alvarez suspended, Igor Juliao, Jeff Cassar fined

Week 28:Bakary Soumare suspended  |  Incident involving Jackson, Nigel Reo-Coker

Week 27:Nick LaBrocca suspended  |  Michael Bradley fined

Week 26:D.C. United's Ben Olsen, Davy Arnaud and Sean Franklin fined along with New York Red Bulls' Roy Miller

Week 25:Montreal Impact's Hassoun Camara, Chivas USA's Erick Torres suspended, Seattle's Pineda and D.C.'s Silva fined

Week 24: MLS Disciplinary Committee fines, suspends Portland Timbers' Norberto Paparatto for serious foul play

Week 23: FC Dallas midfielder Andrés Escobar fined for embellishment

Week 22
: 
Eddie Johnson suspended two games, Calum Mallace one for separate incidents

Week 21: Jamison Olave suspended two games, both Morales and Cahill fined

Week 19: Vancouver Whitecaps, Real Salt Lake charged with mass confrontation

Week 17:New York defender Armando, Colorado forward Sánchez suspended two games each

Week 17:Revs midfielder Lee Nguyen suspended for stomp on RSL's John Stertzer

Week 16: FC Dallas winger Fabian Castillo suspended four matches

Week 15: D.C. United's Fabian Espindola suspended, FC Dallas' Josema Bazan suspended, Portland Timbers' Maximiliano Urruti fined

Week 14:Colorado Rapids' Dillon Serna suspended, fines handed out to Chicago Fire, Seattle Sounders

Week 13:Fines issued to Montreal Impact's Hassoun Camara for simulation, Sporting KC's Igor Julião for hands to the face and Vancouver's Sebastian Fernandez for embellishment

Week 12:Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders warned for violating mass confrontation policy, Vancouver Whitecaps' Pedro Morales and Seattle Sounders' Chad Barrett fined

Week 11:D.C. United's Eddie Johnson, Portland Timbers' Alvas Powell suspended

Week 10:San Jose's Víctor Bernárdez suspended

Week 9:LA Galaxy's Rob Friend fined for embellishment

Week 8:D.C.'s Eddie Johnson fined for hands to the face; Vancouver's Paolo Tornaghi suspended for entering field

Week 7: Crew's Bernardo Añor fined for mass confrontation, Chivas USA's Wilmer Cabrera fined

Week 6: Crew's Giancarlo Gonzalez fined for embellishment

Week 5: D.C.'s Lewis Neal suspended, Revolution's Jay Heaps is fined

Week 4:Toronto's Steven Caldwell suspended; Colorado's Drew Moor fined

Week 3:Toronto's Jackson and Portland's Donovan Ricketts are suspended

Week 2:Seattle's Clint Dempsey, two other players suspended

Week 1:D.C.'s Luis Silva fined for simulation