US-Mexico CONCACAF Match Suspended Following Fans' Use of Anti-Gay Chant

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Mexico fans chant gay slur at Team USA, match suspended

Mexico fans couldn’t help from chanting a gay slur at Team USA. Now the match has been suspended.

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Update: The match has been suspended, as Mexico fans would not stop chanting an anti-gay slur at the US Men’s National Team. The United States was crushing Mexico, 3-0, when the match was called by the referee.

Original story: Mexico fans are yet still again chanting an anti-gay slur at American soccer players on U.S. soil during the two teams’ CONCACAF match Thursday night.

This has been a regular occurrence for fans of Mexico, chanting anti-gay slurs at Team USA players or anyone else their favorite team plays.

It’s become a ridiculous joke. US Soccer has claimed that they are taking this seriously, though they have taken absolutely zero punitive actions to curb the chant. They had the opportunity to act on a friendly in April, but their inaction has emboldened Mexico fans for this match.

US Soccer and others like CONCACAF seem to think they can curb the anti-gay chant with stadium announcements and veiled threats. They cannot.

Previously US Soccer announced that Mexico would be banned from friendlies in the United States if fans chanted the anti-gay slur. This was not a friendly. Yet their inaction has given a green light. During matches in April and June of this year, Mexico fans did just that, shouting the anti-gay chant in the United States.

Mexico should be banned from playing on United States soil. US Soccer has done absolutely nothing, essentially telling Mexico fans that the US rules are bogus and fans can do whatever they want.

 

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Concacaf Statement – Discriminatory chants during CNL Semifinal

Concacaf Statement – Discriminatory chants during CNL Semifinal

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USA win over Mexico cut short by homophobic chants on night of four red cards

Four players were ejected and the USA-Mexico match was cut short by the referee after repeated homophobic chants on Thursday night

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Four players were sent off and the match between USA and Mexico was cut short by the referee after repeated homophobic chants on Thursday night.

The United States’ 3-0 victory over Mexico for a spot in Sunday’s Concacaf Nations League final against Canada will be remembered as much for the ugliness as for two goals by Christian Pulisic and one by Ricardo Pepi.

Americans Weston McKennie and Sergiño Dest were ejected by Salvadoran referee Iván Barton along with Mexicans César Montes and Gerardo Arteaga during the testy second half. “These are rivalry games. These are derby games. Things like this happen across the world and in no way am I embarrassed,” BJ Callaghan said after his first game as US interim coach. “It comes from a good place. They care about each other so much in that locker room that they’re standing up for each other. Sometimes does it have an issue where we take a red card? Yeah, but when you know where it comes from, you can accept it and it’s a learning lesson for us.”