Four red cards, eight yellows, beers tossed at players, McKennie has his shirt ripped and the game is stopped due to homophobic chanting: USA's 3-0 win over Mexico spirals out of control

Daily Mail ^ | 6/16/23 | Kate Mcgreavy

[Libloather]

The United States beat Mexico 3-0 on Thursday night to reach the CONCACAF Nations League final against Canada - but the game descended into chaos.

Four players were ejected and the match was cut short by the referee after repeated homophobic chants.

The referee also showed eight yellow cards, fans threw beers onto the field of play and Weston McKennie's shirt was ripped.

The USMNT and Mexico each finished with nine players after McKennie, Sergino Dest, Cesar Montes and Gerardo Arteaga received red cards in a fiery second half.

'These are rivalry games. These are derby games. Things like this happen across the world and in no way am I embarrassed,' B.J. 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.'

Play was halted in the 90th minute because of homophobic chants. When action resumed, 12 minutes of stoppage time were signaled but resumed chants caused Barton to end the match in the eighth minute added minute.

FIFA fined Mexico 100,000 Swiss francs ($108,000) in January for anti-gay chants by fans at two games.

'In terms of the chant, I want to make it very clear first and foremost, for our beliefs and our culture, it has no place in the game,' Callaghan said. 'It has no place in our value system.'

Mexico fans have routinely engaged in homophobic chants - specifically a chant using the word 'puto', an anti-gay slur in Spanish...

[zeugma]

LOL. they halted the game because of chants? How gay of them.

[dfwgator]

And now apparently they will bring Berhalter back....Why?

[FamiliarFace]

I don’t claim to understand the politics of the USSF. They always do what they want.

Not a fan of Don Garber either. He’s the commissioner of MLS, plus has a seat on the USSF. He’s a class A jerk.

[markman46]

they were yelling PUTOOOOOOO is all

but the soccer bosses dont like that

[markman46]

its puto not puta