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Aurelien Collin's yellow card last night means he will miss the Toronto FC match

"WHO?!?! ME?!?"  (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
"WHO?!?! ME?!?" (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
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I realize I'm a little late on this, but Sporting Kansas City center back Aurelien Collin will miss the game against Toronto FC this weekend due to yellow card accumulation.

The card was Aurelien's sixth of the 2012 regular season.

The 26 year old defender was given a yellow card in the 35th minute of last night's 1-1 draw against the New York Red Bulls. Collin fouled Red Bulls defender Heath Pearce as both players looked to win the ball in the air.

Collin, on missing the Toronto FC match this weekend:

I'm not worried about missing next game. Neven (Markovic) and (Lawrence) Olum are good players. It hurts that I must miss the next game, and I'm very upset. Sometimes I say too much to the referee and I get too sensitive, but the calls the referee makes are not always right. I have been here one-and-a-half years, and it has been the same problem. I just have to keep my mouth closed.

As always, not having Aurelien in the starting line up leaves a pretty big hole in the middle of Kansas City's defense, but Sporting KC have options (Olum played admirably in Collin's absence during the US Open Cup Final) that should be able to play well enough to hopefully get a result against the "worst team" in MLS.