Real Salt Lake head coach Mike Petke celebrates the fourth goal of the night during the second half of a game at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy on Saturday, July 13, 2019.
Real Salt Lake head coach Mike Petke celebrates the fourth goal of the night during the second half of a game at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Colter Peterson, Deseret News
Aaron Morton
By Aaron Morton

SALT LAKE CITY — Major League Soccer suspended Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke, the league announced Saturday afternoon. He will not be on the sidelines for RSL's game at FC Dallas on Saturday.

In a media statement MLS did not specify a length of the suspension, saying it was "pending an investigation into his conduct directed at the match officials following the Leagues Cup match against Tigres UANL on Wednesday night."

Tigres defeated RSL 1-0 and eliminated it from the interleague competition. Petke received a red card after the match.

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RSL did not offer a statement, saying that it will wait until the conclusion of the investigation.

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