<div id="subtitle">Hull fines US striker Altidore for tweeting apology after he's dropped for being late to game</div><div><p>Hull fined U.S. striker Jozy Altidore on Monday for tweeting an apology after he was left off the squad against Portsmouth because he arrived late for Saturday's game.</p><p>The Premier League club said Altidore would have been on the bench for the 0-0 draw. He was replaced by Will Atkinson.</p><p>"It's unacceptable behavior, full stop," Hull manager Phil Brown said. "You prepare all week for a match day, mentally and physically. To ask a player to arrive an hour and a half before a game is not too much to ask, is it?"</p><p>Altidore, who is on loan from Spanish club Villarreal, didn't help matters when he tweeted his apology to fans of the Premier League club.</p><p>"Apologize to all of you," he wrote. "I showed up late. Made a big mistake. I'm very, very sorry."</p><p>Brown said the reasons for Altidore being left out should have remained private.</p><p>"It's going to cost him a lot of money, unfortunately," Brown said. "That for me is information that stays in house. The reason he wasn't on the bench was our business."</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=62000271&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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