“They think we’re the ignoramuses – that’s incredibly frustrating”
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Action against Racism: The Dallas FC and Nashville SC teams before kick-off
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In the MLS, the crowd became conspicuous in the game between Dallas and Nashville. When both teams kneeled at the national anthem as a gesture in the fight against racism, parts of the audience booed. The players reacted indignantly.
VReggie Cannon was just disgusted at the boos from his own fans. “How shameful is that? I think it’s absolutely disgusting, ”said the defender of FC Dallas after the 1-0 home game against SC Nashville. Before the game, both teams from the professional soccer league MLS and the referees kneeled while playing the national anthem in order to demonstrate against racism with this gesture. Not all fans thought it was good – there were boos.
“Not even in your own stadium are you supported by your own fans. They don’t understand what kneeling means. They don’t understand why we kneel. They think we’re the ignoramuses and that’s incredibly frustrating, ”said Cannon. Millions of other people would support the anti-racism protest: “And we have fans who boo us. That’s a mystery to me, “said the 22-year-old.
Just two days after the end of the corona comeback tournament in Florida, the MLS had continued its regular season and had spectators in the stadium. According to US media, the permitted 5100 visitors were apparently not present at the Nashville victory – according to the ESPN broadcaster, 2912 fans were in the arena.
Desolate in every way: Dallas Stadium during the game against Nashville
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Both teams were unable to take part in the “MLS is back” tournament (“The MLS is back”) due to too many corona cases in the team. On Sunday there will be the next of a total of three duels between the two teams. This means that both teams make up the number of missed games in Orlando. The vast majority of MLS will only join the main round, which has been interrupted due to the pandemic, in a week. The game schedule has been modified, and spectators in the stadiums are subject to state rules. The US still has around 50,000 new corona cases every day.
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