A soccer player directed a slur at a gay player, so his teammates walked off the pitch

Oct 1 2020 by SBNation.com

 

This comes one week after a Black player on the team was called a racist slur by an opposing player.

American second-division soccer team San Diego Loyal walked off the field Wednesday after an openly gay player was allegedly called a homophobic slur by an opposing player, and remarkably, it was the second alleged incident of hate speech against the team in the last week.

San Diego, a new team this year in the USL Championship, is coached by American soccer legend Landon Donovan, and...

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