24. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE

officials for a direct red card shall be submitted in writing to the Match Commissioner or the Concacaf representative at headquarters no later than two hours after the end of the match in question. The protest must be followed up within the next 48 hours with a full written report, including a copy of the original protest and any and all evidence (e.g. video, photography, written statements, others) supporting the protest, which must be sent in writing and by email to the Concacaf General Secretariat, to general.secretariat@concacaf.org with a copy to disciplinary@concacaf.org, otherwise they will be discarded. Such protests must be accompanied by proof of electronic transfer in the amount of USD 10,000 payable to Concacaf. This amount will be refunded if the protest is accepted in its entirety.

23.8 If any of the formal conditions of a protest as set out in these Regulations are not met, such protest will be disregarded by the competent body. Once the final match of The Competition has ended, any protest described in this article will be disregarded.

24. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE

24.1 Notwithstanding the above provisions, any player cautioned or sent off from the field of play by the Referee will be subject to the sanctions specified sections 24.2, 24.3 and 24.4. Such sanctions will be automatically applied and are not subject to appeal. However, if they are increased by the Disciplinary Committee, they may be appealed in accordance with the previously defined appeal process.

24.2 Any player sent off the field of play, whether directly (a straight red card) or as a result of two yellow cards in the same match, is at a minimum, suspended for the next match in the competition.

24.3 Any player who accumulates two yellow cards in two different matches in The Competition will be suspended for the following match in The Competition.

24.4 All single yellow cards will be eliminated after the completion of the Preliminary Round and Semifinal Round.

24.5 Any substitute player, member of the technical staff or official that enters the field of play in an aggressive manner and/or without being summoned by the referee, may be sent off by the referee and reported in the referee's report. The Disciplinary Committee may impose a fine and/or additional suspensions

24.6 Unserved suspension as a result of a red card will be carried over to the