Philadelphia Union manager Jim Curtin appeared in a Zoom call with the media on Wednesday after the announcement of the Orlando tournament. He had a lot to talk about as he discussed MLS return, racism, Cory Burke, mental health and more.
Despite the numerous topics to cover Curtin made sure to start the call with a developed and powerful statement denouncing a ‘’racist U.S’’ and systematic injustice.
He said:
“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 you look at the game of soccer that we play, we play a game where racism is as prevalent as in any other sport,”
The 40-year-old highlighted the racism in the stadium as well, he added: “You still have issues in 2020 of horrible racist chants in stadiums, bananas thrown on the field at players and minimal, to almost no punishment or change,”
“I look at this problem in our country as not a southern problem or a middle-of-the-country problem or a West Coast problem or an East Coast problem, or a liberal, conservative, Republican, Democrat problem.