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Mexico fans hit with FIFA ban at World Cup qualifier for homophobic slurs
2021-06-19
[Jerusalem Post] Mexico's games against Jamaica on September 2 and Canada on October 7 in the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying will be played in empty stadiums as a result of the sanctions.

Mexico fans will be barred from attending their country's first two home 2022 World Cup qualifiers after making homophobic chants during two Olympic qualifying games in March, FIFA said in a statement on Friday.

FIFA's Disciplinary Committee also fined Mexico's Football Federation (FMF) 60,000 Swiss francs ($65,118.30) for chants from supporters during games against the Dominican Republic on March 18 and the United States on March 24.
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#2  SHTF
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-06-19 13:38  

#1  Can we caulk up the prediction several decades ago that soccer was going to sweep America and be big into the category that the polar ice cap would be gone before 2020?

Now soccer may become 'relatively' very popular sport but only because old American institutions like football, baseball, and basketball decided they no longer needed to attract an audience. Not so much a rise in popularity but everyone else falling.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-06-19 11:20  

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