Soccer is often a great unifier — an opportunity for locals to set aside their various differences and come together to cheer together for their team. But Saturday night at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, matters became all the more complicated.
Early in the first half of Saturday’s match between the Colorado Rapids and Real Salt Lake, Rapids staff asked RSL fans not to display a rainbow flag.
The flag, usually a familiar symbol of LGBT pride, included the three arrow symbol associated with the Antifa movement. Antifa in the United States is a loose political movement that is said to be anti-racist and anti-fascist but also frequently espouses violence as a legitimate means to intimidate their opponents.