(CNN) — The men’s national selection of EE.UU. overcame Mexico in a 3-0 victory over the youngsters in front of a crowd of 65,000 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
But it’s a semifinal of the Nations League, La Liga de Naciones de la Concacaf, empañada with tackle sucias, empujones and including a torn shirt, terminó de la peor forma.
Entre ambos equipos sumaron 13 tarjetas, 12 de ellas en la segunda mitad. Two players of each team were expelled.
In the 90th minute, the referee detuvo el partido por canticos homofobicos. They added two minutes of descuento time, but the referee opted to end the match one minute earlier in the midst of the discriminating chants of the crowd.
Después del partido, the Confederación de Norte, Centroamérica y el Caribe de Fútbol Asociación, known abreviadamente as Concacaf, issued the following press release:
“Concacaf vigorously condemns the discriminatory songs of some fans during the semifinal match of the Liga de Naciones de Concacaf 2023 between México y Estados Unidos”.
“Los canticos escuchados During the party generated the activation of the anti-discriminatory protocol by the referees. Además, el personal de seguridad has expelled a varios fanáticos for having an unacceptable behavior in el estadio”.
“These incidents were extremely disappointing and empañaron the one who should have had a positive opportunity to exhibit a football of high caliber in our region”.
“The Confederación is in the process of urgently establishing more details and will inform security and party officials and will have a new statement shortly.”
FIFA has previously been fined the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol for the chants made by aficionados of the country.
Estados Unidos y México, joint with Canada, will be co-anfitriones of the FIFA Copa Mundial masculina in 2026.
