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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Greg Beacham

Homophobic chant at San Diego FC's inaugural home match condemned by coach, sporting director

San Diego FC coach Mikey Varas and sporting director Tyler Heaps expressed disappointment and anger after their club's inaugural home match was marred in the second half by three occurrences of the homophobic chant frequently heard at the Mexican national team's soccer matches.

The club uniformly decried the notorious one-word Spanish chant both during and after San Diego finished a scoreless draw with St. Louis City on Saturday night at Snapdragon Stadium, which was packed with 34,506 fans celebrating the arrival of Major League Soccer's 30th team.

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