Tim Howard has issued a public apology following his foul-mouthed outburst to media after the USA's defeat to Mexico in the Concacaf Gold Cup final.
The 32-year-old reacted furiously after the final whistle when their southern neighbours were presented with the trophy in a ceremony conducted largely in Spanish.
Howard branded the post-match presentation a "f***ing disgrace", claiming that had the game, which was played in California's Rose Bowl stadium, been staged in Mexico, there would no way the ceremony would have been announced in English.
The normally gentle natured keeper, who is a respected senior member of the Everton squad, said that Concacaf should be ashamed of allowing the Spanish ceremony to go ahead.
But Howard has since issued an apology for the language used in his outburst admitting it was not "appropriate for public comment."
He did however maintain that Concacaf's failure to ensure the ceremony was carried out in the primary language of the country hosting the final was "disrespectful" to the players.
Howard said: "I would like to apologise for my language.
"I am the father of young children, and I certainly do not believe profanity is appropriate in public comments. I was caught up in the heat of the moment.
"In any important international match with post-game ceremonies, you would hope the tournament organisers would make sure that the primary language of each participating team is used so that the participants can understand what is being said.
“To fail to do this is, in my opinion, disrespectful to the players.
“When this occurs on your home soil, it is particularly insulting. We, as American players, were asked to participate in a post-game ceremony at a match in Los Angeles and we are standing there trying to show good sportsmanship and yet the ceremony is going on and we are just looking at one another struggling to understand a word.
"It was, to be honest, humiliating, and I firmly believe the tournament organisers should not have put us in that position."
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