As Colin Kaepernick ignited a national conversation in 2016 by first sitting and then kneeling during the playing of the national anthem, another Bay Area athlete fumed.
Shea Salinas, a veteran midfielder for the San Jose Earthquakes, recalled being mad at Kaepernick, the 49ers quarterback who has been unsigned since the season he staged a protest against police brutality toward Black pe. . .
Salinas said he always wanted to be a soldier because “it is biblical to sacrifice your life for other people.”