Chaos as four sent off, beer thrown, match ended early after homophobic chanting

Concacaf, the regional governing physique, stated that the match was halted on the “referee’s discretion” and can now launch an investigation. It comes at a very delicate second for Mexican soccer, with stadiums in Mexico Metropolis, Monterrey and Guadalajara all scheduled to host matches on the World Cup in three years’ time.

“Concacaf strongly condemns the discriminatory chanting by some followers,” stated a press release.

“Chants heard throughout the recreation led to the activation of the anti-discrimination protocol by the match officers. Moreover, safety employees ejected a number of followers for partaking in unacceptable habits within the stadium.

“These incidents have been extraordinarily disappointing and tarnished what ought to have been a constructive event to showcase high-quality soccer in our area.”

In April, US Soccer enacted a brand new coverage which stated that groups could possibly be banned from taking part in worldwide video games within the US as a response to discriminatory chants. 

It was BJ Callaghan’s first match because the interim US coach and he appeared to excuse the gamers’ behaviour. “These are rivalry video games. These are derby video games,” he stated. “Issues like this occur the world over and on no account am I embarrassed.”

Christian Pulisic had earlier scored twice, taking his tally to 25 in 59 worldwide matches, however america will likely be with out McKennie and Dest for Sunday’s closing of the Concacaf Nations League in opposition to Canada. 

“I’m upset, the sport didn’t want to show into this,’ Pulisic stated. “We don’t anticipate this to occur anymore. Now we’re lacking two good gamers for the ultimate’