A wise man once said that you can only try and throw shit at the wall until something sticks for so long until a bunch of said shit eventually starts bouncing off and hitting you smack dab in the face instead.
Here's a short re-telling of the sequence of events following said red card and penalty award:
Nice. Bring on the Portland Timbers, or something, I guess.
Zach Lowy 
Matt Pollard 