On June 15 in Las Vegas, Christian Pulisic scored a brace (two goals) as the United States men's soccer team dominated Mexico 3-0 in a game ESPN called "chaotic."
Among other things, the Concacaf Nations League (CNL) semifinal involved four red cardstwo for each sidemeaning four players were immediately expelled during the match. (A yellow card constitutes a warning.)
The lopsided score elicited anti-gay chants from fans of the Mexican team (during Pride Month), and with the first step of Concacaf's anti-discrimination protocol already enacted, referee Ivan Barton blew his whistle with only seven of the 12 minutes of second-half stoppage time played, ending the match. Concacaf later issued a statement that it "strongly [condemned] the discriminatory chanting" and that "the Confederation is in the process of urgently establishing further details and reports from security and match officials and will make a further statement in short order."
Commentator and former pro-soccer player Herculez Gomez also slammed the chants, calling them "embarrassing."
The U.S. will play Canada in the final.
Andrew Davis