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FIFA had recently fined Mexico Ksh15,109,200 in January for anti-gay chants by fans at two games.
The match between the United States and Mexico on Thursday night was met with chaos despite the USA winning 3-0 to make it to the CONCACAF Nations League final against Canada.
According to Daily Mail, 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.
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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.
"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,” Brian Joseph Callaghan said after his first game as US interim coach.
The game was halted in the 90th minute because of homophobic chants and when action resumed, 12 minutes of stoppage time were signaled but resumed chants caused Barton to end the match in the eighth added minute.
FIFA recently fined Mexico Ksh15,109,200 in January for anti-gay chants by fans at two games.
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“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. It has no place in our value system,” Callaghan said.
Mexico fans have routinely engaged in homophobic chants - specifically a chant using the word 'puto', an anti-gay slur in Spanish - during matches and the FMF has received harsh punishments as a result.
On his part, Christian Pulisic was upset with how the game ended and revealed that he did not expect what happened.
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“I'm upset, the game didn't need to turn into this. We don't expect this to happen anymore. Now we are missing two good players for the final,” he said.
Meanwhile, Canada beat Panama 2-0 in the opener on goals by Jonathan David in the 25th and Alphonso Davies in the 69th. Mexico and Panama meet in the third-place match.
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