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Huh, please read article 7, page 16 upon following your link.
In addition to being a referee I am also Disciplinary Chairman for a Club in TN.
We had a coach who challenged us on a one-match ban after being ejected. I checked with the TN State Soccer Association, a USSF affiliate. According to TSSA, USSF has "adapted" as requested by FIFA. The result, as we are a Club who is an affiliate of TSSA and TSSA is an Affiliate of USSF and USSF is an affiliate of FIFA; YES all persons ejected from a sanctioned match shall serve at least a one-match suspension. It is not often that an organization is best served by "reinventing the wheel".
The answer given is correct for the original question asked.
I did not say I, when refereeing would ever get involved the administrative details outside my scope of authority? In a USSF/USYSA "approved" game I will require a roster and each player to present a current USSF/USYSA player card. Nothing more, nothing less.
Regarding US Club Soccer, the experience I have had with them in the State of TN they do not enforce anything. The more "rouge" the club the more likely they have affiliated with US Club Soccer rather than the State USSF association.
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