Racism in Soccer Everyone knows soccer is a loved sport from most people. People bond over soccer because they love the sport for what it is. Everyone can play the sport for any gender, and race. No matter what color you are you could play the sport. The fact is that fans call the players things that are racist. Soccer is a loved sport but the fans are being racist to the players and it affends them. Fans that support a team is being racist to another. That is bad for the franchise for the teams the fans go for. Sometimes it’s not the fans, the coaches and the players also do the same thing. Jozy Altidore a Usa player was getting mimicked by a fan doing the chicken while making the noise. He didn’t feel comfortable with it and the team he played against wanted to hire him. Of course he turned it down . That would make him uncomfortable and sad. This is important because its not funny if people make fun of you because of your race. …show more content…
It forced the man to leave the match cause he couldn’t take it. The player that was being abused said that he won’t play again if people call him names. There are some coaches that also do the same thing like name calling and and doing dances while making noises. People think that its ok okay to be racist because they feel like it or want to. People like neo-nazi’s go to the stadium to peddle there ideology. A lot of these fans have a reputation doing it. Teams bring in players that are not the same race and they call them names like i dont want them here or they dont belong here. Teams dont like that the fans are doing