Goalie Matt Turner is the latest pro athlete to show his support for LGBTQ+ fans during Pride
prematurely halted due to anti-gay chants emanating from the crowd. And the goalie for the U.S. Men’s National Team is speaking out.Matt Turner, who also plays for Arsenal FC in England’s Premier League, said the homophobic cries from Mexico fans were insulting and disgraceful. “It goes against everything we stand for,” he told reporters. “We’ve been very vocal about the strength of our team being our diversity, the strength of our nation being its diversity.
So, to use something so divisive…it has no place in the game.”U.S. interim head coach B.J. Callaghan made similar remarks. “In terms of the chant, I want to make it very clear first and foremost, for our beliefs and our culture, it has no place in the game,” he said, via the AP. “It has no place in our value system.”Matt Turner on Mexican fans' homophobic chants:?"It goes against everything we stand for.
We've been very vocal about the strength of our team being our diversity, the strength of our nation being its diversity. So, to use something so divisive…it has no place in the game." pic.twitter.com/sPQ76nfSNHMatt was visibly uncomfortable taking goal kicks at the end of the game.
Definitely not lip service coming from himMatt Turner was visibly upset, every time he had to kick the ball down field, knowing the chant was coming.
