U.S. tops Mexico after soccer match is ended early due to onslaught of homophobic chants
via the Associated Press. “It has no place in our value system.”CONCACAF–the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football–says several fans were ejected for engaging in “unacceptable behavior.”The US-Mexico game at Allegiant Stadium went well pic.twitter.com/nciEGilCthCan confirm.
On and off field. Mexico fans greatly outnumbered US and they lost by a lot. Crowd chanted slur and game had to be stopped. pic.twitter.com/swlesAJFmfReferee Barton took the decision to abandon the game because of the homophobic chant.
It was largely gone in the US, but when it got nasty it came back with a fury.I’m scared this is empowering Mexico fans when their national team is down.
THEY ended the game tonight.And the crowd has officially been warned about "the chant" in the 13th minute. #usmntFor years, Mexico fans have chanted the word “puto“–a gay slur that’s banned by FIFA, soccer’s international governing body–during its team’s games.
