{"id":69088,"date":"2026-03-16T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/mls-suspends-philadelphia-union-executive-ernst-tanner-after-misconduct-investigation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:55:07","slug":"mls-suspends-philadelphia-union-executive-ernst-tanner-after-misconduct-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/mls-suspends-philadelphia-union-executive-ernst-tanner-after-misconduct-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS suspends Philadelphia Union executive Ernst Tanner after misconduct investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Sporting director suspended without pay through 1 June<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>League found \u2018violations of MLS policies and standards\u2019<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Major League Soccer announced on Monday that it has suspended Philadelphia Union sporting director Ernst Tanner without pay through 1 June 2026. Tanner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/nov\/19\/mls-ernst-tanner-philadelphia-union-investigation\">had been under league investigation<\/a> since mid-November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/nov\/18\/philadelphia-union-ernst-tanner-mls-investigation\">following a Guardian<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/nov\/18\/philadelphia-union-ernst-tanner-mls-investigation\"> <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/nov\/18\/philadelphia-union-ernst-tanner-mls-investigation\">report<\/a> detailing wide-ranging allegations of misconduct during his tenure at the Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on new information obtained during outside counsel\u2019s independent review, the investigation substantiated violations of MLS policies and standards of professional conduct required of League and Club leadership,\u201d the league said in a statement to the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/mar\/16\/mls-suspends-ernst-tanner-philadelphia-union-misconduct-investigation\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sporting director suspended without pay through 1 June League found \u2018violations of MLS policies and standards\u2019 Major League Soccer announced on Monday that it has suspended Philadelphia Union sporting director Ernst Tanner without pay through 1 June 2026. Tanner had been under league investigation since mid-November following a Guardian report detailing wide-ranging allegations of misconduct &#8230; <a title=\"MLS suspends Philadelphia Union executive Ernst Tanner after misconduct investigation\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/mls-suspends-philadelphia-union-executive-ernst-tanner-after-misconduct-investigation\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about MLS suspends Philadelphia Union executive Ernst Tanner after misconduct investigation\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}