lunes, 9 de septiembre de 2019

Utah Royals FC, NWSL, players respond to allegation of racial slurs at Rio Tinto Stadium directed at Portland Thorns FC goalkeeper Adrianna Franch

United States goalkeeper Adrianna Franch warms up on the sidelines during the second half of an international friendly soccer match against Mexico, Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Harrison, N.J. The U.S. won 3-0. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano) | AP

SANDY — During Utah Royals FC’s 1-0 win over the National Women’s Soccer League-best Portland Thorns FC last Friday night at Rio Tinto Stadium, a fan posted a tweet indicating that another fan in Section 15 (near the north end of the field) was directing racial slurs at PTFC goalkeeper Adrianna Franch, who is black.

Soon after, URFC’s official Twitter account began conversing with the fan and sent security to Section 15, but indicated no further action could be taken since the offending person could not be identified (the fan has deleted her tweets)

In the days since, URFC, the NWSL and a number of players have spoken out about the alleged incident. On Saturday afternoon, URFC posted a statement on Twitter that read, “We are aware of the allegations of racist fan language during last night’s match and are continuing our investigation of the incident. Racism in any form is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our stadiums.”

A few hours later, URFC captain Becky Sauerbrunn, who is a teammate of Franch’s on the United States Women’s National Team, quoted URFC’s tweet and wrote, “This is totally unacceptable. There is NO place for racism in our game or anywhere, EVER.”

On Saturday evening, URFC forward Christen Press, who is also on the USWNT, tweeted, “I am a proud black woman. I play for a team and fans that I love. Acts of racism and hate hurt everyone. This club stands for equality. What we won’t accept from any fan is racism or discrimination at any level.”

On Sunday, the NWSL released a statement that read, “We have been made aware of an incident at a game this weekend where racist comments were made toward one of our players. Racism in any form is unacceptable and NWSL does not tolerate this behavior on the field nor in the stands. Per league policy, appropriate actions will be taken with the club and individual following the outcome of the investigation into the matter.”

Later Sunday, the NWSL players association released a statement that read, “In response to an expression of racism at a game in our League, the NWSL Players would like to publicly state that we will push to make sure there are league- and team-wide policies to eradicate any racist behavior from our stadiums. As players, we have a zero tolerance policy for anyone who is not operating with a spirit of inclusion. We take our role in protecting our players very seriously and will be following up with NWSL and all 9 teams to ensure that there are clear protocols in place to handle any future incidents.”

Also on Sunday, Franch posted a tweet that read, “The situation surrounding our game friday night is not a NEW issue, nor is it a first for me. RACISM is NOT okay in any form!! We as a HUMAN RACE can be better and should be better. We as a SPORT can help show the way.”

In addition to those words, Franch posted a graphic with 36 squares of different colors and wrote a message that read, “I am BLACK! I am shades darker than you. I am BLACK! I am shades lighter than you. I am BLACK! I am an athlete. I am BLACK! I am a partner. I am BLACK! I am a daughter. I am BLACK! I am a sister. I am BLACK! I am a woman. I am BLACK! I AM HUMAN!”

Press, URFC goalkeeper Abby Smith and Utahn Darian Jenkins of Washington-based Reign FC shared the graphic on their Instagram stories, with Smith adding, “Racism is NOT acceptable on any level.”



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