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- LANDON DONOVAN’S TEAM WALKS OUT ON SOCCER GAME AFTER ALLEGED GAY SLUR
- OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERLOG INPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCH'GMA' DEALS & STEALS ON FEEL-GOOD FDS, PART 2NEWSOCTOBER 2, 2020LANDON DONOVAN, COLL MART EXPLA CISN TO FORFE OVER GAY SLUR8:33SOCCER PLAYER AND ACH SPEAK OUT ON FORFEG MATCH OVER GAY SLURBY KELLY MCCARTHYSHARE —SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!U.S. SOCCER LEGEND AND CURRENT USL MANAGER LANDON DONOVAN TOOK HIS TEAM NAME TO HEART ON WEDNDAY WHEN HE STOOD FIRM TO BACK ONE OF HIS PLAYERS AFTER AN ALLEGED ANTI-GAY REMARK WAS MA DURG THE MATCH.THE SAN DIEGO LOYAL ACH ULTIMATELY PULLED HIS TEAM OM THE PCH MID-MATCH WHILE LEADG 3-1 AGAST THE PHOENIX RISG AND FORFEED AFTER ONE OF RICK SCHANTZ'S PLAYERS ALLEGEDLY ED A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR DIRECTED AT OPENLY GAY MIDFIELR COLL MART.IN THE FIRST HALF A MEMBER OF PHOENIX RISG ED A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR DIRECTED AT COLL MART. IN RPONSE WE HAVE CID TO WALK OFF THE PCH PROTT.— SAN DIEGO LOYAL (@SANDIEGOLOYAL) OCTOBER 1, 2020 "I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED. IT OBVLY WAS AN EXCHANGE THAT FIRST STARTED WH SOME BAD LANGUAGE," MART TOLD "GOOD MORNG AMERI" ON FRIDAY. "THAT'S NORMAL. IT HAPPENS. BUT LATED TO A PLACE WHERE CROSSED THE LE AND I'M JT AT A POT WHERE MY REER I'M AN OUT GAY PLAYER AND I N'T STAND FOR HAVG A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR SAID TO ME DURG A GAME."ABC NEWSSAN DIEGO LOYAL MIDFIELR COLL MART SPEAKS TO "GMA" ABOUT AN ALLEGED ANTI-GAY SLUR MA DURG A MATCH AGAST PHOENIX RISG.HE NTUED, "IT WAS PRETTY UPSETTG AND HONTLY TOOK ME A LTLE B TO TOTALLY SOAK WHAT WAS SAID TO ME, BUT I'M HONTLY PROUD OF MYSELF FOR BRGG TO THE REF AND NOT STANDG FOR ."NEAR THE END OF THE FIRST-HALF STOPPAGE TIME, REFEREE JOSEPH SALAS WHISTLED THE PLAY AD AND MISTAKENLY GAVE THE LOYAL MIDFIELR A RED RD THAT EJECTED HIM OM THE MATCH.HIS TEAMMAT SWARMED THE REF AND SISTED THAT THE WRONG PLAYER WAS BEG PENALIZED, FOLLOWED BY DONOVAN WHO APPROACHED THE REF ON THE PCH TO GET AN ANSWER. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY SAN DIEGO LOYAL (@SANDIEGOLOYAL) ON SEP 30, 2020 AT 11:39PM PDT DONOVAN THEN ME FACE-TO-FACE WH SCHANTZ OVER THE CINT AND THEIR EXCHANGE LLED OUT THE MENT, SAYG WAS "HOMOPHOBIA.""I GIVE COLL TREMENDO CRED BEE -- THE HEAT OF BATTLE YOU WANT TO PLAY AND PETE AND WHEN YOU'RE BEATG A RIVAL, REALLY BADLY, YOU JT WANT TO FISH THE GAME AND W THE GAME," DONOVAN SAID. "BUT COLL, TO HIS IMMENSE CRED, SAID SOMETHG, HE ACTED AND HE SPOKE AND WE JT CID THAT IF THAT PLAYER WAS NOT GOG TO BE REMOVED OM THE GAME EHER THROUGH A RED RD BY THE REFEREE OR OM THE OTHER TEAM SUBBG HIM OFF THE FIELD, THAT WE HAD TO ACT AND SO I GIVE OUR TEAM A TON OF CRED FOR TAKG THAT STANCE."THE LOYAL ACH EXPLAED FURTHER THAT "THE NTEXT MATTERS QUE A B" BEE JT ONE WEEK PRR THE TEAM HAD EXPERIENCED ANOTHER UPSETTG SLUR.ABC NEWSSAN DIEGO LOYAL MIDFIELR COLL MART AND MANAGER LANDON DONOVAN SPEAK TO "GMA" ABOUT AN ALLEGED ANTI-GAY SLUR MA DURG A MATCH AGAST PHOENIX RISG."A PLAYER ON OUR TEAM, ELIJAH MART, WAS EXPOSED TO A RACIAL SLUR AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ALL WEEK ON WHETHER WE SHOULD EVEN PLAY THIS NEXT GAME BEE WE WERE PRETTY UPSET ABOUT AND WE WERE ALSO UPSET WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHG DURG THE GAME," DONOVAN EXPLAED. "AND OF URSE, THE NEXT WEEK THIS HAPPENS."SCHANTZ NIED THAT HE WAS DOWNPLAYG THE ALLEGED SLUR AND CLAIMED HE WAS ONLY ASKG ABOUT DONOVAN'S — X-PHOENIX RISG FC (@PHXRISGFC) OCTOBER 2, 2020 DPE WHAT WAS ON THE LE, THE TEAM FULLY SUPPORTED MART AND FORFEED THE MATCH LEADG TO THE USL PLAYOFFS."LANDON WAS PRETTY ADAMANT RIGHT AWAY THAT HE WANTED OFF THE FIELD," MART SAID. "WE TOOK THE TIME AT HALFTIME TO HEAR EVERYTHG THAT HAPPENED AND TO SEE WHAT THE TEAM WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WH AND THEY WERE ALL ADAMANT THAT WE WEREN'T GOG TO PLAY. SO I WAS PRETTY UNFORTABLE BY , TO BE HONT. IT WAS A BIG GAME FOR THE TEAM AND WE WERE WNG AND I THOUGHT LET'S JT FISH THE GAME. LET'S BEAT THEM AND MOVE ON WH . BUT I MEAN THEY WEREN'T HAVG ." VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY LANDON DONOVAN (@LANDONDONOVAN10) ON SEP 25, 2020 AT 7:16PM PDT DONOVAN RELLED THAT WHEN HE WAS A PLAYER THE EARLY 2000'S "GAY SLURS WERE ED QUE OFTEN AND WAS ALMOST LIKE A NORMAL THG AND PEOPLE SAID QUE OFTEN UNTIL A STAND WAS FALLY TAKEN AND PEOPLE JT DIDN'T ACCEPT ANYMORE.""IT'S NOT SOMETHG WE HEAR EVERY WEEK AND THERE'S NOT BIGOTRY OR HOMOPHOBIA EXPRSED EVERY WEEK, BUT LIKE I SAID, I THK THE WORLD WAS TRYG TO TELL SOMETHG AND 'S STILL CLEARLY AROUND AND WE JT HAVE TO GET OUT OF OUR GAME," HE SAID. "IT NNOT BE ANY SPORTS ENVIRONMENT. IT N'T BE OUR SOCIETY AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONLY WAY THAT CHANGE HAPPENS IS BY DOG SOMETHG DRASTIC."JUNR FLEMMGS, THE RISG MIDFIELR ACCED OF MAKG THE OFFENSIVE MENT, NIED THAT THE CINT HAPPENED.EDOR'S PICKS1DWYANE WA ON HOW HIS FAY LEARNED ABOUT GENR INTY OM DGHTERFEBARY 18, 2020290-YEAR-OLD MAN OUT AS GAY VIRAL FACEBOOK POSTOCTOBER 11, 20203FATHER OPENS UP ABOUT G OUT TO HIS 3 SONS: I'M STILL THE SAME DAD AS BEFOREJUNE 15, 2023"AT NO POT DID I SAY A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR TOWARDS COLL MART. I STAND SOLIDARY WH THE LGBTQ+ MOVEMENT," HE WROTE ON TWTER.FLEMMGS AND THE PHOENIX RISG HEAD ACH HAVE BEEN PUT ON ADMISTRATIVE LEAVE.RYAN MADN, VICE PRINT OF MUNITNS AND PUBLIC RELATNS FOR THE USL, SAID A STATEMENT: "FOUL AND ABIVE LANGUAGE OF ANY TYPE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE OUR SOCIETY AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED USL MATCH.""IN ADDN TO IMPLEMENTG PREHENSIVE TRAG AND TN, THE USL WILL GET TO WORK IMMEDIATELY - ALONGSI THE PLAYER'S ASSOCIATN AND THE BLACK PLAYERS ALLIANCE - TO PUT EVEN MORE SEVERE REPERCSNS PLACE GOG FORWARD. THIS HAS TO STOP. IT SIMPLY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO OCCUR," HE NTUED.A NCLN IS EXPECTED TO BE REACHED THE ONGOG VTIGATN BEFORE THE WEEKEND.THE LEAGUE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT EVERY USL OWNER, EXECUTIVE, PLAYER AND STAFF MEMBER WILL UNRGO PREHENSIVE SENSIVY TRAG AHEAD OF THE 2021 SEASON.SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!UP NEXT NEWSAMERIN TIKTOK STAR STUCK DUBAI FOR MONTHS FOLLOWG RENTAL R ALTERTNJULY 26, 2023ORGANIZATNS, MUNI HELPG THOSE REVER OM MISSISSIPPI TORNADO, HOW YOU N TOOJULY 24, 2023WOMAN WHO LOST A LEG SHARK ATTACK SCRIB HOW SHE'S REVERED 1 YEAR LATERJULY 19, 2023{"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@ID":"/NEWS/STORY/SOCCER-STAR-MANAGER-LANDON-DONOVAN-TEAMMAT-SUPPORT-FORFEG-73382813","@TYPE":"WEBPAGE"},"HEADLE":"LANDON DONOVAN, COLL MART EXPLA CISN TO FORFE OVER GAY SLUR","IMAGE":{"URL":","HEIGHT":900,"WIDTH":1600,"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"},"MENTNS":[],"DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-10-02T13:36:00Z","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-10-02T19:03:36Z","THOR":[{"NAME":"KELLY MCCARTHY","URL":","@TYPE":"PERSON"}],"DATELE":"","ARTICLESECTN":"","ABOUT":{"@TYPE":"THG","NAME":""},"PUBLISHER":{"NAME":"GOOD MORNG AMERI","LOGO":{"URL":","HEIGHT":60,"WIDTH":150,"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"},"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN"},"ALTERNATIVEHEADLE":"","KEYWORDS":"","SCRIPTN":"","@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE"}
- LANDON DONOVAN C 'TREMENDO PRI' SAN DIEGO PLAYERS AFTER USL FORFE BEE OF ALLEGED ANTI-GAY SLUR
- LANDON DONOVAN PULLS SOCCER CLUB OFF FIELD AFTER OPPONENT ALLEGEDLY HURLS HOMOPHOBIC SLUR AT OPENLY GAY PLAYER
- LANDON DONOVAN PULLS SAN DIEGO LOYAL OFF FIELD PROTT AFTER ANTI-GAY SLUR ALLEGEDLY YELLED AT PLAYER
- LANDON DONOVAN’S TEAM WALKS OUT ON SOCCER GAME AFTER ALLEGED GAY SLUR
- OUTSPORTS MOMENT OF THE YEAR: SAN DIEGO LOYAL FORFE MATCH OVER GAY SLUR
- COLL MART, LANDON DONOVAN AND SAN DIEGO LOYAL TAKE A STAND AFTER ANTI-GAY SLUR. WILL SOCCER FOLLOW SU?
- LANDON DONOVAN C 'TREMENDO PRI' SAN DIEGO PLAYERS AFTER USL FORFE BEE OF ALLEGED ANTI-GAY SLUR
LANDON DONOVAN’S TEAM WALKS OUT ON SOCCER GAME AFTER ALLEGED GAY SLUR
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Landon Donovan, ach of the San Diego Loyal, forfeed a game midway through over an alleged homophobic cint. A Phoenix Risg player is acced of directg an anti-gay slur toward Coll Mart, an openly gay Loyal player. Te to their name, the San Diego Loyal chose their loyalty toward an openly gay player after a member of the opposg team allegedly directed an anti-gay slur at him, choosg to walk off the field spe leadg the game 3-1.
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GAY CONVERSION THERAPY OFFICIALLY BANNED IN VIRGINIA. “My qutn was reference to Donovan’s behavr on the field wh the referee, and no way was I excg any alleged homophobic behavr om my players, ” Schantz said a statement on Twter. “Phoenix Risg stands wh the [Uned Soccer League] USL rejectg and punishg any homophobic behavr, ” said the team.
OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERLOG INPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCH'GMA' DEALS & STEALS ON FEEL-GOOD FDS, PART 2NEWSOCTOBER 2, 2020LANDON DONOVAN, COLL MART EXPLA CISN TO FORFE OVER GAY SLUR8:33SOCCER PLAYER AND ACH SPEAK OUT ON FORFEG MATCH OVER GAY SLURBY KELLY MCCARTHYSHARE —SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!U.S. SOCCER LEGEND AND CURRENT USL MANAGER LANDON DONOVAN TOOK HIS TEAM NAME TO HEART ON WEDNDAY WHEN HE STOOD FIRM TO BACK ONE OF HIS PLAYERS AFTER AN ALLEGED ANTI-GAY REMARK WAS MA DURG THE MATCH.THE SAN DIEGO LOYAL ACH ULTIMATELY PULLED HIS TEAM OM THE PCH MID-MATCH WHILE LEADG 3-1 AGAST THE PHOENIX RISG AND FORFEED AFTER ONE OF RICK SCHANTZ'S PLAYERS ALLEGEDLY ED A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR DIRECTED AT OPENLY GAY MIDFIELR COLL MART.IN THE FIRST HALF A MEMBER OF PHOENIX RISG ED A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR DIRECTED AT COLL MART. IN RPONSE WE HAVE CID TO WALK OFF THE PCH PROTT.— SAN DIEGO LOYAL (@SANDIEGOLOYAL) OCTOBER 1, 2020 "I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED. IT OBVLY WAS AN EXCHANGE THAT FIRST STARTED WH SOME BAD LANGUAGE," MART TOLD "GOOD MORNG AMERI" ON FRIDAY. "THAT'S NORMAL. IT HAPPENS. BUT LATED TO A PLACE WHERE CROSSED THE LE AND I'M JT AT A POT WHERE MY REER I'M AN OUT GAY PLAYER AND I N'T STAND FOR HAVG A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR SAID TO ME DURG A GAME."ABC NEWSSAN DIEGO LOYAL MIDFIELR COLL MART SPEAKS TO "GMA" ABOUT AN ALLEGED ANTI-GAY SLUR MA DURG A MATCH AGAST PHOENIX RISG.HE NTUED, "IT WAS PRETTY UPSETTG AND HONTLY TOOK ME A LTLE B TO TOTALLY SOAK WHAT WAS SAID TO ME, BUT I'M HONTLY PROUD OF MYSELF FOR BRGG TO THE REF AND NOT STANDG FOR ."NEAR THE END OF THE FIRST-HALF STOPPAGE TIME, REFEREE JOSEPH SALAS WHISTLED THE PLAY AD AND MISTAKENLY GAVE THE LOYAL MIDFIELR A RED RD THAT EJECTED HIM OM THE MATCH.HIS TEAMMAT SWARMED THE REF AND SISTED THAT THE WRONG PLAYER WAS BEG PENALIZED, FOLLOWED BY DONOVAN WHO APPROACHED THE REF ON THE PCH TO GET AN ANSWER. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY SAN DIEGO LOYAL (@SANDIEGOLOYAL) ON SEP 30, 2020 AT 11:39PM PDT DONOVAN THEN ME FACE-TO-FACE WH SCHANTZ OVER THE CINT AND THEIR EXCHANGE LLED OUT THE MENT, SAYG WAS "HOMOPHOBIA.""I GIVE COLL TREMENDO CRED BEE -- THE HEAT OF BATTLE YOU WANT TO PLAY AND PETE AND WHEN YOU'RE BEATG A RIVAL, REALLY BADLY, YOU JT WANT TO FISH THE GAME AND W THE GAME," DONOVAN SAID. "BUT COLL, TO HIS IMMENSE CRED, SAID SOMETHG, HE ACTED AND HE SPOKE AND WE JT CID THAT IF THAT PLAYER WAS NOT GOG TO BE REMOVED OM THE GAME EHER THROUGH A RED RD BY THE REFEREE OR OM THE OTHER TEAM SUBBG HIM OFF THE FIELD, THAT WE HAD TO ACT AND SO I GIVE OUR TEAM A TON OF CRED FOR TAKG THAT STANCE."THE LOYAL ACH EXPLAED FURTHER THAT "THE NTEXT MATTERS QUE A B" BEE JT ONE WEEK PRR THE TEAM HAD EXPERIENCED ANOTHER UPSETTG SLUR.ABC NEWSSAN DIEGO LOYAL MIDFIELR COLL MART AND MANAGER LANDON DONOVAN SPEAK TO "GMA" ABOUT AN ALLEGED ANTI-GAY SLUR MA DURG A MATCH AGAST PHOENIX RISG."A PLAYER ON OUR TEAM, ELIJAH MART, WAS EXPOSED TO A RACIAL SLUR AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ALL WEEK ON WHETHER WE SHOULD EVEN PLAY THIS NEXT GAME BEE WE WERE PRETTY UPSET ABOUT AND WE WERE ALSO UPSET WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHG DURG THE GAME," DONOVAN EXPLAED. "AND OF URSE, THE NEXT WEEK THIS HAPPENS."SCHANTZ NIED THAT HE WAS DOWNPLAYG THE ALLEGED SLUR AND CLAIMED HE WAS ONLY ASKG ABOUT DONOVAN'S — X-PHOENIX RISG FC (@PHXRISGFC) OCTOBER 2, 2020 DPE WHAT WAS ON THE LE, THE TEAM FULLY SUPPORTED MART AND FORFEED THE MATCH LEADG TO THE USL PLAYOFFS."LANDON WAS PRETTY ADAMANT RIGHT AWAY THAT HE WANTED OFF THE FIELD," MART SAID. "WE TOOK THE TIME AT HALFTIME TO HEAR EVERYTHG THAT HAPPENED AND TO SEE WHAT THE TEAM WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WH AND THEY WERE ALL ADAMANT THAT WE WEREN'T GOG TO PLAY. SO I WAS PRETTY UNFORTABLE BY , TO BE HONT. IT WAS A BIG GAME FOR THE TEAM AND WE WERE WNG AND I THOUGHT LET'S JT FISH THE GAME. LET'S BEAT THEM AND MOVE ON WH . BUT I MEAN THEY WEREN'T HAVG ." VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY LANDON DONOVAN (@LANDONDONOVAN10) ON SEP 25, 2020 AT 7:16PM PDT DONOVAN RELLED THAT WHEN HE WAS A PLAYER THE EARLY 2000'S "GAY SLURS WERE ED QUE OFTEN AND WAS ALMOST LIKE A NORMAL THG AND PEOPLE SAID QUE OFTEN UNTIL A STAND WAS FALLY TAKEN AND PEOPLE JT DIDN'T ACCEPT ANYMORE.""IT'S NOT SOMETHG WE HEAR EVERY WEEK AND THERE'S NOT BIGOTRY OR HOMOPHOBIA EXPRSED EVERY WEEK, BUT LIKE I SAID, I THK THE WORLD WAS TRYG TO TELL SOMETHG AND 'S STILL CLEARLY AROUND AND WE JT HAVE TO GET OUT OF OUR GAME," HE SAID. "IT NNOT BE ANY SPORTS ENVIRONMENT. IT N'T BE OUR SOCIETY AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONLY WAY THAT CHANGE HAPPENS IS BY DOG SOMETHG DRASTIC."JUNR FLEMMGS, THE RISG MIDFIELR ACCED OF MAKG THE OFFENSIVE MENT, NIED THAT THE CINT HAPPENED.EDOR'S PICKS1DWYANE WA ON HOW HIS FAY LEARNED ABOUT GENR INTY OM DGHTERFEBARY 18, 2020290-YEAR-OLD MAN OUT AS GAY VIRAL FACEBOOK POSTOCTOBER 11, 20203FATHER OPENS UP ABOUT G OUT TO HIS 3 SONS: I'M STILL THE SAME DAD AS BEFOREJUNE 15, 2023"AT NO POT DID I SAY A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR TOWARDS COLL MART. I STAND SOLIDARY WH THE LGBTQ+ MOVEMENT," HE WROTE ON TWTER.FLEMMGS AND THE PHOENIX RISG HEAD ACH HAVE BEEN PUT ON ADMISTRATIVE LEAVE.RYAN MADN, VICE PRINT OF MUNITNS AND PUBLIC RELATNS FOR THE USL, SAID A STATEMENT: "FOUL AND ABIVE LANGUAGE OF ANY TYPE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE OUR SOCIETY AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED USL MATCH.""IN ADDN TO IMPLEMENTG PREHENSIVE TRAG AND TN, THE USL WILL GET TO WORK IMMEDIATELY - ALONGSI THE PLAYER'S ASSOCIATN AND THE BLACK PLAYERS ALLIANCE - TO PUT EVEN MORE SEVERE REPERCSNS PLACE GOG FORWARD. THIS HAS TO STOP. IT SIMPLY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO OCCUR," HE NTUED.A NCLN IS EXPECTED TO BE REACHED THE ONGOG VTIGATN BEFORE THE WEEKEND.THE LEAGUE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT EVERY USL OWNER, EXECUTIVE, PLAYER AND STAFF MEMBER WILL UNRGO PREHENSIVE SENSIVY TRAG AHEAD OF THE 2021 SEASON.SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!UP NEXT NEWSAMERIN TIKTOK STAR STUCK DUBAI FOR MONTHS FOLLOWG RENTAL R ALTERTNJULY 26, 2023ORGANIZATNS, MUNI HELPG THOSE REVER OM MISSISSIPPI TORNADO, HOW YOU N TOOJULY 24, 2023WOMAN WHO LOST A LEG SHARK ATTACK SCRIB HOW SHE'S REVERED 1 YEAR LATERJULY 19, 2023{"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@ID":"/NEWS/STORY/SOCCER-STAR-MANAGER-LANDON-DONOVAN-TEAMMAT-SUPPORT-FORFEG-73382813","@TYPE":"WEBPAGE"},"HEADLE":"LANDON DONOVAN, COLL MART EXPLA CISN TO FORFE OVER GAY SLUR","IMAGE":{"URL":","HEIGHT":900,"WIDTH":1600,"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"},"MENTNS":[],"DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-10-02T13:36:00Z","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-10-02T19:03:36Z","THOR":[{"NAME":"KELLY MCCARTHY","URL":","@TYPE":"PERSON"}],"DATELE":"","ARTICLESECTN":"","ABOUT":{"@TYPE":"THG","NAME":""},"PUBLISHER":{"NAME":"GOOD MORNG AMERI","LOGO":{"URL":","HEIGHT":60,"WIDTH":150,"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"},"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN"},"ALTERNATIVEHEADLE":"","KEYWORDS":"","SCRIPTN":"","@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE"}
After openly gay midfielr Coll Mart was lled a homophobic slur, Landon Donovan walked his San Diego Loyal team off the pch and did not return. * is landon donovan gay *
We went through a really hard cint last week the LA match, and we ma a vow to ourselv, to our muny, to our players, to the club, to USL that we would not stand for bigotry, homophobic slurs, thgs that don’t belong our game. 8:33Soccer player and ach speak out on forfeg match over gay slurU. Soccer legend and current USL manager Landon Donovan took his team name to heart on Wednday when he stood firm to back one of his players after an alleged anti-gay remark was ma durg the San Diego Loyal ach ultimately pulled his team om the pch mid-match while leadg 3-1 agast the Phoenix Risg and forfeed after one of Rick Schantz's players allegedly ed a homophobic slur directed at openly gay midfielr Coll the first half a member of Phoenix Risg ed a homophobic slur directed at Coll Mart.
LANDON DONOVAN C 'TREMENDO PRI' SAN DIEGO PLAYERS AFTER USL FORFE BEE OF ALLEGED ANTI-GAY SLUR
U.S. soccer legend Landon Donovan walked his Uned Soccer League team off the field Wednday after a player on the club’s opponent allegedly hurled a slur at an openly gay player. * is landon donovan gay *
But lated to a place where crossed the le and I'm jt at a pot where my reer I'm an out gay player and I n't stand for havg a homophobic slur said to me durg a game.
LANDON DONOVAN PULLS SOCCER CLUB OFF FIELD AFTER OPPONENT ALLEGEDLY HURLS HOMOPHOBIC SLUR AT OPENLY GAY PLAYER
At the time Robbie Rogers announced to the world he was gay, Landon Donovan was the middle of a 144-day sabbatil, a surprisg pe om soccer that stemmed om mental exhstn. * is landon donovan gay *
"ABC NewsSan Diego Loyal midfielr Coll Mart speaks to "GMA" about an alleged anti-gay slur ma durg a match agast Phoenix ntued, "It was pretty upsettg and hontly took me a ltle b to totally soak what was said to me, but I'm hontly proud of myself for brgg to the ref and not standg for .
LANDON DONOVAN PULLS SAN DIEGO LOYAL OFF FIELD PROTT AFTER ANTI-GAY SLUR ALLEGEDLY YELLED AT PLAYER
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Donovan then me face-to-face wh Schantz over the cint and their exchange lled out the ment, sayg was "homophobia. "The Loyal ach explaed further that "the ntext matters que a b" bee jt one week prr the team had experienced another upsettg NewsSan Diego Loyal midfielr Coll Mart and manager Landon Donovan speak to "GMA" about an alleged anti-gay slur ma durg a match agast Phoenix Risg. "Donovan relled that when he was a player the early 2000's "gay slurs were ed que often and was almost like a normal thg and people said que often until a stand was fally taken and people jt didn't accept anymore.
""It's not somethg we hear every week and there's not bigotry or homophobia exprsed every week, but like I said, I thk the world was tryg to tell somethg and 's still clearly around and we jt have to get out of our game, " he said. "At no pot did I say a homophobic slur towards Coll Mart. His teammat protted, and Mart approached the fourth official on the sile and explaed he had been the victim of an anti-gay slur.
LANDON DONOVAN’S TEAM WALKS OUT ON SOCCER GAME AFTER ALLEGED GAY SLUR
Coll Mart me out as gay 2018.
“It means gay, ” Donovan said. ‘We have to get this out of our game, ’s homophobic. Landon Donovan pulled his San Diego Loyal players om their clash wh Phoenix Risg after a homophobic slur was aimed at openly-gay midfielr Coll Mart.
OUTSPORTS MOMENT OF THE YEAR: SAN DIEGO LOYAL FORFE MATCH OVER GAY SLUR
So after halftime, we all cid that if the player who ed the homophobic slur was not removed om the game — eher through the officials or through their ach — we were not gog to play. Is Landon Donovan Gay? This is a clear ditn that he is not gay.
COLL MART, LANDON DONOVAN AND SAN DIEGO LOYAL TAKE A STAND AFTER ANTI-GAY SLUR. WILL SOCCER FOLLOW SU?
It’s a pretty unremarkable gig, but one that Donovan stepped up and owned on Wednday night, walkg his team off the pch when refere refed to produce a red rd after an opposg player referred to openly gay Loyal midfielr Coll Mart as “b*tch boy. After the game, Donovan spoke at length on his team’s cisn to forfe the match, not only rponse to the homophobia Coll Mart experienced on Wednday, but also light of a racist cint volvg fellow Loyal midfielr Elijah Mart last week.
LANDON DONOVAN C 'TREMENDO PRI' SAN DIEGO PLAYERS AFTER USL FORFE BEE OF ALLEGED ANTI-GAY SLUR
Soccer legend Landon Donovan walked his Uned Soccer League team off the field Wednday after a player on the club’s opponent team allegedly hurled a slur at an openly gay cint took place when the San Diego Loyal, which Donovan -owns and manag, played the Phoenix Risg the fal game of the season. The anti-gay slur was allegedly directed at Coll Mart, who is openly gay, at the end of the first half.