Originally Posted by fishnchips

think this might just be why lol
"Landon Donovan, who scored the second goal against Mexico in the 2002 World Cup match in which the U.S. team advanced to the quarterfinals, said the Mexican fans 'hate us' while another player said it would be nice not to know Spanish in light of the racial jeers yelled at players.

The racial jeers are the least of the player's problems as it is not unheard of for bags of urine, beer bottles, batteries and other projectiles to be showered down on un-expecting players too close to the sideline.

The U.S. has done its part to make a trip north of the border as inhospitable as possible for the Mexican team, moving matches away from cities with large Mexican American populations (such as Los Angeles) to smaller cities and more intimate venues such as Columbus, Ohio and Crew Stadium. This insures a majority of fans cheering for the Red, White and Blue and in temperatures in the 30s."