Chicho Arango, the Real Salt Lake captain and MLS’s leading scorer with 17 goals, has been suspended for three matches and next week’s MLS All-Star Game for violating MLS’s anti-harassment policy.

RSL said in a statement that it “has fully cooperated with Major League Soccer’s investigation and accepts the disciplinary decision.” No details on the violation were immediately released.

RSL sits in a three-way tie on points for the Western Conference lead with LAFC and the LA Galaxy. Arango’s influence on and off the field has been credited for RSL’s success.

The Colombian has 11 assists in addition to his 17 goals in his first full season in Utah. He returned to MLS in the middle of the 2023 season from Pachuca, where he spent the 2023 Clausura after helping LAFC win MLS Cup 2022.

READ MORE: History on the line in St. Louis CITY SC’s fourth match

ST. LOUIS – A victory Saturday would help St. Louis CITY SC attain something that has never been done in MLS history.

CITY SC will host the San Jose Earthquakes at 7:30 p.m. CT Saturday for the second home game in franchise history. St. Louis has won its first three matches, including its inaugural-season home opener two weeks ago.

If CITY SC wins its upcoming match, they will become the first MLS expansion team to start 4-0 in their inaugural season.

Following last weekend’s 2-1 victory in Portland, CITY SC became just the second team to rattle off three consecutive wins in their expansion season. The Seattle Sounders also reached that feat in 2009.

In each of its previous three victories, St. Louis has rallied back from a one-goal deficit. Klauss and Jared Stroud both have scored a pair of goals. Eduard Löwen leads the team with three assists. Goaltender Roman Bürki has stood tall in all three games.

Some models are still projecting that CITY SC might finish closer to the bottom than the top of the MLS standings. The doubt doesn’t seem to bother players and coaches.

“For me, I don’t know where I read it or heard it, but [some] people doubted we would win four games,” said CITY SC head coach Bradley Carnell after the home opener win on March 4. “We’re halfway there.”