SAN DIEGO’s archetypal ever MLS lucifer astir ended successful disgrace arsenic the announcer threatened to SUSPEND the crippled implicit homophobic chants
The California-based broadside took connected St. Louis City FC successful its inaugural league lucifer connected Saturday.
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X @SanDiego_FutbolThe clash ended successful a goalless gully arsenic the play occurred disconnected the pitch.
Chants of “puto” could beryllium heard coming from the location enactment erstwhile different Roman Burki, 34, took a goalkick.
The connection is simply a slur for antheral prostitute and successful Mexican Spanish translates to “f*****”.
It is often utilized successful a mode to criticise a person’s masculinity.
The Times of San Diego claimed that the announcer astatine the Snapdragon Stadium addressed fans implicit the PA system.
They warned that the lucifer would beryllium suspended if the homophobic chants continued.
The nine besides displayed a connection connected the large surface successful the stadium, requesting fans to stop.
It read: “Discrimination has nary spot successful our athletics and successful our stadiums and volition not beryllium tolerated.
“The instrumentality chant that was conscionable utilized is violative and we inquire that fans bash not proceed to usage this chant. Thank you.”
The usage of the slur has occurred during Mexico planetary fixtures.
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GettyThe lucifer against Brazil successful June 2024 was halted successful the 59th infinitesimal arsenic a terrible informing was displayed to the crowd.
Speaking aft the match, San Diego FC manager Mikey Varas deed retired astatine the chants and labelled them arsenic “unacceptable”.
He said: “The chant that was heard contiguous is unacceptable
“It’s extracurricular of our worth system.
“It doesn’t correspond the players, myself oregon the club, and it surely doesn’t correspond San Diego oregon Baja California.
“It’s not a reflection of who we are.
“We’re a assemblage afloat of love, of support, and we judge successful the powerfulness of diversity.“
Veras did importune that the chant did not travel from the club’s main protagonist group, La Frontera.
He added: “This came from much the wide colonisation successful the seats, and it wasn’t everybody.
“I recognize that, but it was capable people, and I conscionable privation to marque precise wide that it has nary spot here.
“If they’re going to proceed to travel to the crippled and marque that chant, it’s amended that they don’t travel here.”
Sporting manager Tyler Heaps also deed retired astatine the usage of the slur and promised that it would not continue.
He said: “It’s wholly against our values arsenic a club, but besides who we are arsenic people,’ Heaps said astir the chants astatine San Diego FC’s archetypal ever MLS location game.
“One of our halfway values is to beryllium a bully person, and I deliberation that´s what we’ll proceed to basal behind.
“It´s wholly unacceptable, and evidently america arsenic a club, we’ll marque definite it does not proceed into the future.”
The one-word slur is usually made erstwhile a goalkeeper is taking a goalkick.
Burki joined St. Louis City backmost successful 2022 aft a seven-year spell astatine Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.
During his clip successful Germany helium won the DFL-Pokal doubly and the DFL-Supercup.
Since moving to the USA, helium won the Western Conference regular play successful 2023.
San Diego has added immoderate acquainted names to the squad up of its entranceway to the MLS.
This includes erstwhile Napoli prima Hirving Lozano, Manchester United imaginable Paddy McNair and Nottingham Forest winger Alex Mighten.
Back successful September 2024, McNair insisted his determination to the States was not for a holiday arsenic hopes for a “good experience”.
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