Wednesday afternoon, Philadelphia Union Head Coach Jim Curtin began his weekly media availability with the following statement.
"You have a build up of 400 years of oppression for black people and systemic racism in our country that has led to the culmination with the brutal murder of George Floyd. We live in a country in the United States that is racist. We live in a world that is racist and if you zoom out and look at the game of soccer that we play, we play a game where racism is prevalent as in any other sport. You still have issues in 2020 of horrible, racist chants in stadiums, bananas thrown on the field at players and minimal to no punishment or change.