The sore losers of the month award goes to Asociacion uruguaya de futbol. For a tiny country, Uruguay produces some pretty good soccer players, but class seems to be in short supply.
Following their penalty shootout loss in the Copa America semifinals, players from Uruguay's senior team tried to start a brawl with the Brazilians, who were naturally celebrating an important win.
One night later, Uruguay lost a second round match in extra time to the United States in the Under-20 World Cup. Again, the Uruguay players tried to start a brawl with the celebrating Americans... who play Austria in the quarterfinal.
I'm starting to see a trend.
Additionally, time wasting may not have been invented in the South American country, but Uruguayans seem to have perfected this form of cheating. After Uruguay took the lead with about 15 minutes left, any time a fan in the upper deck sneezed, a Uruguayan player collapsed to the ground in agony. Apparently no one sneezed when Uruguay fell behind in extra time.
Amazingly enough, Mexico did NOT try to start a brawl after being spanked by Argentina in the other Copa America semifinal. When Mexico loses to the USA (which is pretty much any match not in Mexico City), Mexican players pout off the field without the traditional handshake and jersey exchange. Mexican coach Hugo Sanchez praised Argentina as 'the superior team.' Though when the US has won 9 and drawn once in their last 12 vs El Tri (Spanish for 'whinea**'), it's been down to 'luck' every single time, according to the Mexicans. So kudos to Mexico for losing a match with a microgram of grace for the first time in recent memory.
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