Nearly 90 minutes before the start of Saturday night’s match between San Diego FC and SC, fans lumbered down the supporters’ section

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

A match decades in the making finally happens Saturday night when San Diego FC debuts on its home field in front of a sellout crowd of fans starved for elite professional sports — and particularly hungry for top-level soccer.