THIS is the exceptional second Copa America referee Kevin Ortega refused to shake palms with Christian Pulisic after a fiery conflict with the US captain.
The USA had been embarrassingly eradicated from the event on Monday night time, with a 1-0 loss that sealed their exit within the group stage.
There have been a number of surprising refereeing choices in the course of the loss to Kansas Metropolis, culminating in Pulisic standing as much as an official and screaming in his face.
On the finish of the sport at Arrowhead Stadium, Pulisic walked as much as the Peruvian referee and his assistants and tried to shake their palms.
In a weird clip that surfaced on social media, Pulisic may be seen speaking to the three earlier than shaking palms with a linesman.
Christian Pulisic was humiliated when he tried to shake palms with referee Kevin Ortega at full-time
Pulisic regarded offended whereas speaking to 3 officers on the finish of the match in Kansas Metropolis
He then strikes ahead in line to shake palms with the chief match referee, however has to hold on as Ortega places his palms behind his again and ignores the AC Milan midfielder's makes an attempt.
The digicam then pans away, nevertheless it seems one other linesman shakes Pulisic's hand, which means the referee was the one official who ignored the USA captain.
Within the full clip of the incident, which was not initially shared by Fox Sports activities, Pulisic may be seen taunting the officers earlier than approaching them, and he additionally factors on the celebrating Uruguay gamers and seems to ask: 'Why aren't you there with them?'
Throughout the match, the AC Milan midfielder shouted in Ortega's face after a choice
Within the first half, Ortega booked Chris Richards after which needlessly allowed play to proceed
A number of refereeing errors in the course of the recreation infuriated American followers and gamers.
The principle incident occurred halfway by way of the primary half, when USA and Crystal Palace defender Chris Richards dedicated a foul on an opponent and was booked.
Surprisingly, the referee confirmed Richards a yellow card for the offence, however then opted to offer Uruguay the benefit, regardless of some US gamers believing the match had been stopped.
Uruguay's profitable purpose additionally got here through a questionable offside determination, with a number of replays exhibiting attacker Mathias Oliveira was partially offside earlier than scoring the one purpose of the sport.
