Major League Soccer (MLS) San Diego FC has announced that it is investing in the main stadium operation and safety initiatives to take energetic measures against the use of an “anti-gay” song used by fans. The song has been commonly used by fans of the Mexican national team for many decades, and has previously resulted in sanctions against the country’s football club in the past.
San Diego FC’s plan to take energetic measures against song includes a drastic increase in safety at the Snapdragon stadium.
“The stadium security personnel number will be increased and strategically positioned in key areas, with a high presence near the opposite goalkeeper section. The criminals will be identified, expelled and can face additional sanctions,” the team wrote in their announcement.
The team is now also reserving the right to stop, suspend or completely leave a game if fans use song.
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Fans encourage a game between San Diego FC and the city of St. Louis at Snapdragon Stadium on March 1, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Be M. Haffey/Getty Images)
In addition, the team is making important changes in team communication with fans during and before games to prioritize singing.
The stadium staff will now place a steering wheel on all the seats of the seats that remind fans that discriminatory language will not be tolerated, with the message: “here not” / “Not here.” Before the start, the CEO of the team, Tom Penn, chief coach Mikey Varas and the AnÃsbal Godoy player will deliver a previously recorded message that will discourage the song.
And during the game, the team will show a visible banner in the stadium that reinforces the message that condemns the song in the supporters section.
The song was recently used during the home opening of the St. Louis City team on March 1. Fans used the song three times, despite the frequent attempts of the stadium staff so that the song is stopped through the public address system.
Varas condemned fans who used it after that game.
“The song that was heard tonight is unacceptable,” Varas told reporters. “It is outside our stock system. It does not represent the players, me or the club, and certainly does not represent San Diego or Baja California. It is not a reflection of who we are. We are a community full of love, support, and we believe in the power of diversity.”
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Fans encourage a game between San Diego FC and the city of St. Louis at Snapdragon Stadium on March 1, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Be M. Haffey/Getty Images)
The song, which is traditionally used while an opposite goalkeeper takes a goal patio, originated in the Mexican city of Guadalajara in the early 2000s.
The song, which is a repeated use of the word “fucking” and translates into English to “male prostitute”, was largely without addressing the main soccer institutions, and was prominently heard in an Olympic qualifier of 2004 between the United States and Mexico.
However, he became more controversial and frowned upon as the years passed.
In 2019, FIFA introduced its three -step protocol, the same one that now used by San Diego FC, designed to dissuade supporters to participate in the song.
In 2021, all fans of Mexico were expelled from a couple of World Cup qualifiers due to song.
San Diego fans encourage their team during the MLS match between San Diego FC and St. Louis City SC at Snapdragon Stadium on March 1, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Be M. Haffey/Getty Images)
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee announced that the Mexican national team would have to play its World Cup classification matches against Jamaica and Canada that year in an empty stadium after fans used the song during the Confederation of North, Central America and the football nations games of the Caribbean Association (Concacaf) against Costa Rica and the United States earlier in June. The team also received a fine of $ 73,000.
The parties of the Nations of the US Concacaf. UU. Vs. Mexico had been suspended in consecutive years in 2023 and 2024 after Mexico’s fans used the song on both occasions.
Now, the song has reached the ranks of the MLS, and San Diego FC is trying to stop it.
