Mexi fans won’t stop gay slur. Will US Soccer follow s own policy? - Outsports

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The U.S. Men's Soccer Team game agast Mexi was briefly shut down Sunday over wav of anti-gay chants and objects thrown on the field.

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MEXI FANS CHANT GAY SLUR ‘PUTO’ AT USMNT, E CONCACAF TO SPEND MATCH

Mexi fans uldn’t help om chantg a gay slur at Team USA. Now the match has been spend. * mexican gay chant *

Mexi's soccer feratn has been sanctned repeatedly by world erng body FIFA recent years for a homophobic chant ed by s fans durg Mexin natnal team gam, whether at home or away.

Referee Barton took the cisn to abandon the game bee of the homophobic chant.

HOW ALLEGIANCE TO AN ANTI-GAY FAN CHANT AT MEXI SOCCER GAM MIGHT SK EL TRI'S WORLD CUP FORTUN

Mexin soccer feratn aga urg fans to stop g chant after FIFA hands tought penalty to date rponse to persistent e of anti-gay slur. * mexican gay chant *

What is the homophobic chant?

In a practice believed to have started among fans the early 2000s — one outlet highlights a 2004 Olympic qualifier between the USA and Mexi — Mexin natnal team fans jo unison to shout a Spanish-language homophobic slur ("p***, " which roughly translat to "gay prostute") when an opposg goalkeeper puts the ball to play on a goal kick. The argument for years was that the word has multiple cultural meangs Mexi and other Spanish-speakg untri and that is not tend as a homophobic slur when ed by fans a stadium.

But there's no gettg around the fact that 's a rogatory term that's meang to the gay muny.

WATCH: MEXIN FANS CHANT ANTI-GAY SLURS, THROW BOTTL AT US MEN’S TEAM

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When the match rumed, the officials add 12 mut of stoppage time, but they only got through seven of them before the referee cid to stop the match early after another loud stallment of the homophobic chant (see highlight qued up to the fal whistle). Conf official has jt told me that the match HAS NOT been abandoned bee of homophobic chant spe fishg 4 mut before the 12 mut of stoppage time were up.

Overnight, CONCACAF released a statement nfirmg is vtigatg the ntued e of homophobic chants by Mexi fans durg last night’s game. What is Mexi dog about the homophobic chant? FIFA sanctns for homophobic chants.

In June 2021, FIFA sanctned the Mexin feratn for homophobic chants by Mexin fans at Olympic qualifiers played Guadalajara, Mexi March 2021: a $65, 000 fe and two official home match played behd closed doors. The FIFA Disciplary Commtee also opened separate proceedgs agast Mexi nnectn wh homophobic chants by fans at a iendly agast Iceland played Arlgton, Texas, May 2021. The anti-gay chant was ed durg 2022 World Cup qualifyg home gam agast Canada and Honduras at the Estad Azte.

MEXI FANS WON’T STOP CHANTG A GAY SLUR. WILL US SOCCER FOLLOW S OWN POLICY AND BAN MEXI?

As FIFA threatens more f over "puto" chant, the Mexin Soccer Feratn enlists El Tri stars to urge fans to end gay slur chant. * mexican gay chant *

Update: The match has been spend, as Mexi fans would not stop chantg an anti-gay slur at the US Men’s Natnal Team. Origal story: Mexi fans are yet still aga chantg an anti-gay slur at Amerin soccer players on U. This has been a regular occurrence for fans of Mexi, chantg anti-gay slurs at Team USA players or anyone else their favore team plays.

US Soccer and others like CONCACAF seem to thk they n curb the anti-gay chant wh stadium announcements and veiled threats. Prevly US Soccer announced that Mexi would be banned om iendli the Uned Stat if fans chanted the anti-gay slur.

Durg match April and June of this year, Mexi fans did jt that, shoutg the anti-gay chant the Uned Stat. Have rporated an anti-gay slur to a chant aimed at opposg goalkeepers.

MEXI SOCCER FACED THE USA. FANS CHANTED ANTI-GAY SLURS. AGA

Mexi fans chanted a gay slur at players reprentg the USA on Amerin soil, and the match was psed. * mexican gay chant *

"Soccer self is a medium for change, and we need to regnize how impactful language n be, " said Janelly Farias, a fenr on Mexi's women's natnal team who is gay. "When people are g homophobic language, whether 's tentnal or not, n be very trimental.

In ristg to cease and sist over the years, fans have argued that the chant is a part of Mexi's sports culture, and that bears no anti-gay bent when ed 's more, the perceived hypocrisy of FIFA policg the behavr of Mexi fans the stands but remag silent on laws opprsive to LGBTQ+ muni Rsia and Qatar -- the most recent World Cup host and the next le, rpectively -- has also fueled ristance. "Clearly, people aren't chantg at goalkeepers and attackg them for thkg they're gay.

BELLGHAM'S MADRID PATH AND MEXI'S ANTI-GAY CHANTS VS. U.S.

"It has a nasty, homophobic nnotatn any sense. For many gay men, 's the last word they hear before they're attacked, or killed.

"I have gay iends, and talkg to them about opened my ey.

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WATCH: Mexin Fans Chant Anti-Gay Slurs, Throw Bottl at US Men's Team .

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