Football Australia’s Independent Match Review Panel (MRP) confirmed Western United defender Dylan Leonard will miss Sunday’s Isuzu UTE A-League showdown against rivals Melbourne Victory.
Leonard will serve a one-match ban following his red card in Western’s 3-1 Unite Round win over Perth Glory in Sydney on Friday night.
Leonard – who is eligible to return to face Macarthur Bulls in Round 7 on December 7 – became the youngest player in Isuzu UTE A-League history to both score and receive a red card in a topsy-turvy outing for the teenager.
Already Western’s youngest debutant, Leonard equalised for the club before Hiroshi Ibusuki’s double guided John Aloisi’s men to their maiden win of the campaign.
Then, he was shown a straight red card at the death, creating a ridiculous piece of A-Leagues history.
At 17 years and 192 days, he surpassed Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Adelaide United, 19 years, 363 days) as the youngest player to score and be sent off in an Isuzu UTE A-League fixture.
