Posted on 06/17/2023 7:43:23 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
On Wednesday, the longtime soccer rivalry between the U.S. men's national team and Mexico will begin a new chapter. For the first time in match involving these two teams, a U.S. Soccer Federation policy that bans discriminatory chanting will be in effect. When the game at StateFarm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, kicks off, it will then be revealed just how serious the USSF is about rooting out an ugly aspect that has long stained the rivalry.
At issue has been the anti-gay slur in Spanish that fans yell at games when there is an opposition goal kick. That slur is a vulgar insult that is considered offensive toward the LGBTQIA+ community. Since the 2014 World Cup, the Mexican football federation (FMF) -- which oversees the country's national teams -- has been repeatedly fined by FIFA due to the chant's prevalence at Mexico matches.
The FMF -- with the help of its own players -- has repeatedly made public service announcements to stamp out the chant, but it still continues to be heard. Last January, FIFA fined FMF $108,000 for chanting heard at the 2022 World Cup during El Tri's games against Saudi Arabia and Poland. FIFA also previously forced Mexico to play a World Cup qualifier in Sept. 2021 against Jamaica without fans as punishment for its failure to stem the chant.
The Mexican national team has long been a huge draw in the U.S., often playing to near-capacity crowds in NFL stadiums. As such, it's common to hear the chant at El Tri matches held stateside. Now U.S. Soccer's policy, approved by the USSF board in May 2022, will be the latest attempt to thwart it.
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Further proof that exposing the Democrat party promotion of LGBT faggotry is the key to turning Hispanics into a vast Republican voting block.
Make voting Democrat = drinking a Bud Light
It is not an anti gay slur. Fake news brought to you by perverts.
I’m sure they were just chanting “Let’s Go Brandon.”
There's an opening right here. Plus the Hispanics are not big fans of the African-Americans. With that approach, the GOP will be able to compete in Arizona, Nevada and potentially New Mexico and Colorado.
Anti-gay chant or not anti-gay chant, WGAF? Fans can say what they want can they not?
What is the chant?
Maricon?
Puto.
FIFA isn't cool with it.
Puto.
Ok then. Ha.
PUTO!
I’m surprised ESPN is not calling this chant a homophobic slur. Most media outlets are.
What sets this apart though, and makes it humorous, is that it’s drawn out and peaks as the goalkeeper or other defender puts a goal kick into play. So, the ball is set down, the player approaches the ball and at the instant its kicked, voila! PuuuuuuuuTO!
“what is the chant?”
For real .... what is the chant?
I’d like to learn it ...
I need some cultural enrichment.
I know some guys who need a lot of cultural enrichment.
Maybe we could chant it everywhere.
diversity here I come....
Makes me want to root for Mexico.
This is precisely the kind of arrogance that makes the rest of the world hate us.
Are they colonizing Mexico?
“PuuuuuuuuTO!”
so that’s it ...
every other word on a construction site... meh..
It would seem the word that is chanted describes the US pretty well.
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