What is it about soccer referees these days?

The FA has suspended Jose Mourinho of Chelsea for one match and fined him 40,000 pounds for being sent off (in a coach's case, like Mourinho's, it's been sent from the touchline -- coaches cannot be given the red card) last week.

Mourinho, incensed with a number of calls in the first half, went after the officials at halftime and confronted them in their dressing room.

According to Deadspin and The Guardian, this is how head referee Jon Moss reported it to the FA:

“When myself and my colleagues left the field of play at half-time, as we entered the tunnel area to get to our dressing room, Mr Mourinho the Chelsea manager was waiting for us clearly agitated and began aggressively asking about first half decisions. Rather than publicly speak to him I asked him to step into the entrance of my dressing room escorted by Simon Sutton, the West Ham United Security Manager.

“Mr Mourinho asked me about a tackle, an offside and a goal-line clearance. I gave him brief answers to his questions. After this I asked him to leave the dressing room area. He refused. I asked him again. After he refused again I asked Mr Sutton to escort him from the room. At this point Mr Mourinho became very aggressive and animated. He shouted that you fucking referees are weak... [Arsène] Wenger is right about you... you are fucking weak. I advised Mr Mourinho not to take his position in the technical area for the second half due to his actions.”

There is a very real chance Mourinho may have coached his last game with Chelsea.   It was thought, before the suspension, Chelsea may be biding their time to fire him.  Last year, they won the Premier League by miles.  This year, with this weekend's games representing the one-third point in the season, Chelsea stand four points from relegation, fifteenth in the twenty-team league.

But what the fuck is it with people and their soccer referees?  At least it appears Clint Dempsey might be paying somewhat of a price for his transgression:  He has been left off the lineup.  Jermaine Jones, just a couple weeks off his second attack on top US referee Geiger, is in the lineup for the US team's first two qualifers of six in the semifinal phase.