San Diego FC intends to take steps to discourage its fans from engaging in the homophobic chant that marred the Major League Soccer expansion club's inaugural home match last weekend. The club again condemned the chant in a statement Monday,

The chants, which have been common in Mexican soccer and are widely considered homophobic, largely occurred in the game's final moments.

What took place during our first-ever home match does not reflect who we are as a club or the values we stand for,” SDFC officials said in a statement Monday.