He made "a number of adverse comments regarding the performance of the referees during the game", in which his son's team lost 4-1.
After the heated match, he "collided" with Mr McCabe and grabbed his throat.
Mainland Football fined Western $2000 over the affair and suspended its coach Julian Morris for two games for his team's abuse of the referee.
Mainland Football's judiciary committee determined that those penalties were sufficient.
But chief executive Mike Coggan says the matter has been referred to its board to act against Mr Rose.
The board will consider a recommendation at next month's meeting that Mr Rose be banned from attending any further fixtures at ASB Park for up to two years.
The fact that Mr McCabe hadn't officiated after the attack was a major concern for the governing body.
"We don't have enough good quality, young referees anyway, so we have to make sure we take quite strong stands and take a zero tolerance policy," said Mr Coggan.
Last football season was plagued with a number of serious incidents, which included one club, Waimak United being fined a record $4000 after officials deceived a disciplinary panel looking into the case of a player pushing a ref.
Mainland Football is now planning a sideline behaviour campaign, closely aligned with New Zealand Football's Respect programme, to stamp out bad behaviour.
The governing body has identified the 11 - 13 age groups, with over-bearing parents and inexperienced coaches, as needing the closest assistance.
Sideline ambassadors, a poster campaign, promotional work, and more coaching of coaches are all part of Mainland's Footballs plans to clean up the game.
"We're going to focus on that 11, 12, 13, age group where we've got mass numbers of mums and dads watching their kids play, and where the result often becomes more important than the development of their kid," Mr Coggan said.
"Most kids don't want to hear dad yelling at them. And it comes back to the role of the coach; the way he acts, the way he talks to mums and dads and the kids. We need to change the way coaches go about things."
While the younger age groups will be focus of education, Mainland Football says it will come down hard on older players who step out of line.
"The message is: if you come before the judiciary committee this year, expect a hefty suspension or fine for the club."
CLEANING UP THE SIDELINES
* Sideline behaviour in New Zealand was last year highlighted by the Herald on Sunday in its Sideline Champs campaign.
* New Zealand Rugby's APPLAUD programme was launched last year, designed to ensure a positive environment for Small Blacks Rugby.
* New Zealand Football's Respect programme was launched in 2009 to "lessen instances of negative attitudes or abusive behaviour on the sidelines".
* Auckland-based Sideline Behaviour Group, including netball, football and rugby, is developing an intervention to decrease negative sideline behaviour at youth sport events.
