The former midfielder River Plate, Santiago Sosahe was in the news in the last few hours but not for some play in which he shows his talent, but for a behavioral problem towards one of his rivals.

The midfielder who currently plays for the Atlanta United of the ml of the United States made a bad mistake. In his team’s last game against the New England Revolution, for the regular round, he was responsible for a homophobic insult against one of the players of the opposing team.

As a result of this act of indiscipline, the 23-year-old footballer received a suspension plus an economic sanctionaccording to the organization of the competition.

This man, who was one of Marcelo Gallardo’s favorites, was informed after his team’s defeat of the decisions made by the Georgia franchise council.

In addition to the sanctions, the club has decided to issue a statement apologizing for the outburst of the midfielder: “Atlanta United is aware of Santiago Sosa’s use of offensive language during last week’s match”, reads the text. official.

“The club does not condone the use of language that is harmful or disrespectful to any person. Santiago is extremely sorry and personally apologized to the New England Revolution player. He also requested additional resources from the Major League Soccer Players Association to grow from this incident. “

“The club will make sure that this moment serves as a an opportunity to reaffirm values Atlanta United’s deep values ​​of inclusion, respect and unity for all our players and staff. “

The flyer received three suspension dates. In this way, he will not be able to play the last game of the regular phase this Sunday against New York City and will have to play two more dates next season as his team has been excluded from the playoff zone after finishing in 11th place. position in the scoreboard. Also, the midfielder will have to attend LGBTQ + training for his release.

The former River has scored one goal in 21 games this season for United after joining the team last year.

Santiago Sosa arrived in Núñez in 2009 from Club Mercedes. With The band made his official presentation 29 August 2018in the second leg of the round of 16, in which River defeated Racing Club 3-0, leaving the bench in the 29th minute of the second half in place of Juan Fernando Quintero.

The midfielder joined the club led by Argentina’s Gabriel Heinze in early 2021 in exchange for $ 6 million for 70 percent of the pass.