Sydney FC defender awaits his fate November 20, 2013 - 9:08PM Sydney FC defender Tiago Calvano faces an anxious wait after an A-League disciplinary committee opted to delay ruling on his charge of making contact with a referee. An independent three-man panel spent almost four hours on Wednesday hearing submissions from Sydney FC and Football Federation Australia before deciding it would be inappropriate to determine a suspension while Calvano was already serving a two-match ban. The 32-year-old was rubbed out for striking Melbourne Victory star Archie Thompson in Sydney FC's 3-2 win at Allianz Stadium two weeks ago - the same match Calvano made contact with referee Green. Chairman of the disciplinary panel, John Marshall SC, on Wednesday night did declare that Calvano would be ousted for at least two games and faced the prospect of a much longer ban. Then-Central Coast Mariners goalkeeper Danny Vukovic copped a nine-month suspension for grabbing referee Mark Shield in the 2008 A-League grand final. Chairman Marshall said the panel would almost certainly announce the length of Calvano's suspension before Sydney FC's round-eight clash with the Newcastle Jets, by when the Brazilian's current suspension will have been served.