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    Mexico to play two World Cup qualifiers without fans due to use of homophobic chant

    by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times Jun 18, 2021 3 minutes

    Mexico's national team will play its first two home matches in World Cup qualifying without spectators, a penalty for its fans' use of an anti-gay chant during last spring's pre-Olympic tournament in Guadalajara, the country's soccer federation announced at a Mexico City news conference Friday.

    The games Mexico will play behind closed doors are against Jamaica on Sept. 2 and Canada on Oct. 7. The federation was also fined $73,000 following an investigation by FIFA, the world governing body for soccer.

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