{"id":339927,"date":"2023-06-25T09:27:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T04:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=339927"},"modified":"2023-06-25T09:27:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T04:27:24","slug":"concacaf-suspends-four-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/concacaf-suspends-four-players\/","title":{"rendered":"CONCACAF suspends four players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> LOS ANGELES<br \/>\nCONCACAF meted out suspensions to Weston McKennie and Sergino Dest of the United States and Mexico\u2019s Cesar Montes and Gerardo Arteaga on Friday in the wake of the stormy Champions League clash between the two nations.<br \/>\nThe United States triumphed 3-0 in the semifinal match that saw both sides finish with nine men.<br \/>\nMontes was shown a red card for an ugly wild kick at Folarin Balogun and McKennie was dismissed for his role in the fracas which followed.<br \/>\nArteaga and Dest were sent off after another mass brawl.<br \/>\nCONCACAF, football\u2019s governing body for North and Central America and the Caribbean, said on Friday that McKennie and Montes have been suspended a further three matches, in addition to their automatic one-match bans.<br \/>\nDest and Arteaga were suspended an additional two games.<br \/>\nDest and McKennie are not in the US squad for the CONCACAF Gold Cup that starts on Saturday, but the sanctions will be a blow for Mexico in the competition, with both Montes and Arteaga in the Gold Cup squad.<br \/>\nCONCACAF said both teams had been fined an undisclosed amount, but did not mention the homophobic chants by Mexican supporters that prompted Salvadoran referee Ivan Barton to halt the match in the final minutes.<br \/>\nCONCACAF said in a statement after the game that it \u201cstrongly condemned\u201d what it called \u201cdiscriminatory chanting.\u201d<br \/>\nMultiple fines handed to Mexico over several years over such chants by its fans total more than $650,00 and they were forced to play without fans against Jamaica in September 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES CONCACAF meted out suspensions to Weston McKennie and Sergino Dest of the United States and Mexico\u2019s Cesar Montes and Gerardo Arteaga on Friday in the wake of the stormy Champions League clash between the two nations. 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