This is all too funny! An MLS player from the FC Dallas team is upset a the fans for booing at the players kneeling during the National Anthem. There was a smattering of boos when players from FC Dallas and Nashville SC collectively took a knee during the national anthem before their MLS game on Wednesday night in Frisco, Texas. The player is Reggie Cannon, defender on the team, also a black player.
Dallas-Nashville kneeling 8-12-2020
Dallas defender Reggie Cannon said he was disgusted by the boos at Toyota Stadium when players and officials knelt to call attention to racial injustice. He said teammate Ryan Hollingshead turned to him afterward and said he was sorry.
“We had someone chanting U.S.A., but they don’t understand what kneeling means. They don’t understand why we’re kneeling. They can’t see the reason. They think we’re the ignorant ones,” Cannon said. “It’s incredibly frustrating. I’m sorry to have this tone, but you have to call it for what it is.”
“When we decided to kneel I knew it was going to happen. That should tell you something.”
“I knew we were going to have some negative pushback from having a unified response over what’s going on. That’s a problem.”
Cannon, 22, a United States international, said the MLS were aware of what both teams planned to do prior to kick-off in a game Nashville.
He had asked for the national anthem not to be played but the MLS had stated it would be whenever fans are in attendance.
Comments from others
fact-man:
When sport again fails to capture the mood of the nation. Listen to the boos and look at the massive decline in viewing figures and ask yourself if appeasing a minority is worth it?
Censored again:
What do you think will happen here when fans have a chance to show what they think of our multi-millionaire self-righteous sportsmen
MikeHonchoIII:
They’re MLS. They get paid about as much as the WNBA. Both are trash.