Other Sports Players Kneeling for Anthem Met with Boos Before MLS Game in Texas

Deberg_1990 · 08-13-2020, 10:19 AM

I imagine this is what the NFL will receive as well......

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san...sts_po-organic

FRISCO, Texas -- There was a smattering of boos when players from FC Dallas and Nashville SC collectively took a knee during the national anthem before their MLS game on Wednesday night in Frisco, Texas.

Dallas defender Reggie Cannon said he was disgusted by the boos at Toyota Stadium when players and officials knelt to call attention to racial injustice. He said teammate Ryan Hollingshead turned to him afterward and said he was sorry.

“You can’t even have support from your own fans in your own stadium. It’s baffling to me,” Cannon said. “As a team we try to give the best possible product on the field and these last six months have been absolute hell for us. Absolute hell.”

Dallas and Nashville had not played a game since the season was suspended on March 12 because of the coronavirus. While Major League Soccer’s other teams played in the MLS is Back tournament in Florida over the past month, Dallas and Nashville were forced to withdraw before the start because of positive COVID-19 tests among players from both teams.

The teams met as MLS restarts the regular season in local markets. Some of the games will include fans if local jurisdictions allow it. Just over 5,000 were allowed to attend the match at Toyota Stadium, although the crowd that showed up appeared smaller.

Nashville won the game, 1-0. The two teams meet again on Sunday.

The death of George Floyd has spurred a number of MLS players to form the group Black Players for Change, which seeks to address systemic racism in soccer and society.

At the opening game of the MLS tournament in Florida, members of the group collectively stood in silence, fists raised, for more than eight minutes. Players and coaches wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts throughout the event.

Eight minutes, 46 seconds is the length of time prosecutors say Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was pinned to the ground under a white Minneapolis police officer’s knee before he died.

The anthem was not played before games at the tournament. Cannon said the players had asked that it not be played before the game because they didn’t feel it was right “for the anthem to be played in this moment.”

“We had someone chanting U.S.A., but they don’t understand what kneeling means. They don’t understand why we’re kneeling. They can’t see the reason. They think we’re the ignorant ones,” Cannon said. “It’s incredibly frustrating. I’m sorry to have this tone, but you have to call it for what it is.”

Cannon said he expected to have some negative pushback over the unified response.

“It hurts me because I love our fans, I love this club, and I want to see the support that the league has given us, that everyone has given us, from our fans,” he said.

Discuss Thrower · 08-13-2020, 10:23 AM

Pretty surprising considering the demographics of the average MLS fan.

**loochy** · 08-13-2020, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Pretty surprising considering the demographics of the average MLS fan.

Eh, not really, at least for where FC Dallas is located. The far north Dallas (Frisco, Plano, McKinney...Collin County in general) area is a newish, very fast growing area jam packed with upper middle class / lower upper class white people. Of course they're not down with this.

Discuss Thrower · 08-13-2020, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by loochy

Eh, not really, at least for where FC Dallas is located. The far north Dallas (Frisco, Plano, McKinney...Collin County in general) area is a newish, very fast growing area jam packed with upper middle class / lower upper class white people. Of course they're not down with this.

The only American sport with a prevalence of fans on the political "left" larger than the MLS is the WNBA.

Deberg_1990 · 08-13-2020, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by loochy

Eh, not really, at least for where FC Dallas is located. The far north Dallas (Frisco, Plano, McKinney...Collin County in general) area is a newish, very fast growing area jam packed with upper middle class / lower upper class white people. Of course they're not down with this.

True. Demographics play a part. In Austin this would probably be met with cheers.

OKchiefs · 08-13-2020, 10:28 AM

If I'm not mistaken I believe Clark Hunt owns FC Dallas?

**loochy** · 08-13-2020, 10:30 AM

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If I'm not mistaken I believe Clark Hunt owns FC Dallas?

Yes, he does. He calls in to one of the local sports radio stations on the regular for interviews and discussions.

O.city · 08-13-2020, 10:30 AM

Are we sure they weren't booing the fact that theyre at a soccer game?

**Donger** · 08-13-2020, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Nashville won the game, 1-0.

Must have been a riveting match.

TripleThreat · 08-13-2020, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Must have been a riveting match.

I hate how basic people are with some sports.

Because you think the score of a scoccer game relates to how fun it is, shows you never played the sport passed a 5th grade level and simply don't respect it.

I don't blame you either; If I didn't understand what a through pass is, or a nutmeg, or a pattern run, or why they are passing the ball backwards instead of forwards, I would hate watching the game too.

You don't understand the game, as many don't, so you simply don't like it because the ball doesn't go in the net enough. Soccer is far more complex than most sports out there.

Spott · 08-14-2020, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TripleThreat

I hate how basic people are with some sports.

Because you think the score of a scoccer game relates to how fun it is, shows you never played the sport passed a 5th grade level and simply don't respect it.

I don't blame you either; If I didn't understand what a through pass is, or a nutmeg, or a pattern run, or why they are passing the ball backwards instead of forwards, I would hate watching the game too.

You don't understand the game, as many don't, so you simply don't like it because the ball doesn't go in the net enough. Soccer is far more complex than most sports out there.

It doesn’t matter what the score is, soccer will always be ****ing lame.

JakeF · 08-13-2020, 10:34 AM

Freedom to kneel
Freedom to boo

Discuss Thrower · 08-13-2020, 10:35 AM

The reddit thread on this subject is amazing.

POND_OF_RED · 08-13-2020, 10:45 AM

Not sure why they insisted on playing the anthem if all of the players asked that it not be played. What is the point playing the national anthem before a soccer game between two teams from the same country? Nationalism ignorance in Dallas. How shocking!

**wazu** · 08-13-2020, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED

Not sure why they insisted on playing the anthem if all of the players asked that it not be played. What is the point playing the national anthem before a soccer game between two teams from the same country? Nationalism ignorance in Dallas. How shocking!

Hi, are you new to sports?

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