Dallas Soccer Star Reggie Cannon Calls Fans “Disgusting” for Booing and Chanting “USA!” as Players Knelt for National Anthem

Gateway Pundit ^ | 08/13/2020 | Kristinn Taylor

[SeekAndFind]

Several soccer fans out of a crowd of about 3,000 in attendance booed and chanted “USA!” at an MLS game Wednesday night at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas between FC Dallas and Nashville SC as players and refs knelt in unison for the playing of the national anthem before the game. In a post-game press conference, Dallas star Reggie Cannon went off on fans for chanting “USA!” and booing the players, calling the fans “disgusting” and whining that his team has been through “absolute hell” the past six months because of the pandemic. Cannon ranted for over two minutes about the booing of the players for kneeling in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Cannon said the league had turned down a request by players to not play the anthem. Dallas lost 1-0.

Excerpts from Cannon’s rant attacking booing fans:

“I think it was disgusting. I think it was absolutely disgusting. You got fans booing you for people taking a stand for what they believe in and millions of other people support this cause…”

“Unfortunately it was played during these times when we asked for the anthem not to be played. It pissed me off that you can’t even have support from your own fans in your own stadium. It’s baffling to me…”

“…The last six months have been absolute hell for us. Absolute hell. Because We have to watch other people play soccer, and we’re just sitting home unfortunately contracting COVID from the unfortunate situations that we were put in…”

“We had someone chanting “USA!” when they don’t understand what kneeling means…”

Video part one:

I asked @ReggieCannon15 about this moment, and how we felt to have his fans booing them and throwing objects as a result. This was his response: https://t.co/UrY8U4Ofrz pic.twitter.com/OZWaBpP1BR

— Angel Madison Franco (@angelmadison_) August 13, 2020

Part two:

(Had to split because of twitter)

Part 2: pic.twitter.com/O4gc0ofsCH

— Angel Madison Franco (@angelmadison_) August 13, 2020

Text of remarks:

Full Reggie quote on tonight's indecent regarding some crowd behavior. pic.twitter.com/aD681hMn1F

— Nico (@nicomx18) August 13, 2020

There is also a report a fan was ejected for throwing a bottle of water (or beer) while the players were kneeling:

Right, a small handful of “people” booed – such morons can go do one. pic.twitter.com/qQ0vg22YkF

— Oscar Carter 🌹🐍 (@Krosswise5) August 13, 2020

Dude wearing a cowboy hat DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM throws a beer because players are kneeling during the national anthem…..

— SadFCDFans (@sadfcdfans) August 13, 2020

The coup de grace – a Black security guard got him up out of there. 😊 pic.twitter.com/VBvtbu7cud

— Oscar Carter 🌹🐍 (@Krosswise5) August 13, 2020

[Steely Tom]

A crowd of 3000 fans. Wow.

[KC Burke]

Suck it up, Reggie.

[Dogbert41]

We have soccer stars? Who knew?

[Steely Tom]

It’s disrespectful that some fans didn’t respect his expression of disrespect for America.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: A crowd of 3000 fans. Wow.

I don’t think I saw that number of the article. But in a soccer coliseum, that’s considered small. Easy to practice social distancing.

[lgjhn23]

Hey, Reg....don’t like it here?
You can pick up your “reparations” on the way out: a spear, a loin cloth and a free boat trip back to Africa. Try playing “ball” over there and see how far ya get.

Most of these useless, pompous jackasses would be in prison orange and picking up trash on the side of the road IF it weren’t for a “ball”.

[hole_n_one]

One too many balls have bounced off this moron’s head.

[Gahanna Bob]

Don’t these idiots know that people who love this country and respect the flag are the ones that buy tickets and licensed products. They are insane to piss off those who pay to see them play.

[Paladin2]

Boo, buddy.

Embrace the Suck.

[11th_VA]

Awesome - I might go to a game, just to chant !!! What a great idea !!!

[MayflowerMadam]

“The last six months have been absolute hell for us. Absolute hell. Because We have to watch other people play soccer, and we’re just sitting home”

Those poor, pitiful people. “Absolute hell”? Hyperbole much? Does he know that some people don’t even have an income? That kids aren’t able to go to school?

Spoiled rotten loser.

[virgil]

Those people booing and shouting USA were also taking a stand. Suck it up buttercup.

[kearnyirish2]

Really - this was the one sport that was already viewed as un-American (though baseball is catching up), and they shouldn’t have engaged in virtue-signaling. I’ve never met an African-AMERICAN soccer fan; I know some African soccer fans living in the US, but no black Americans - wasted effort that will backfire.

Next game there will be 2,000 fans (and 20 watching on TV instead of 30).

My town had 3 starters on the 1994 World Cup team when the US hosted, and the soccer fans I knew all proclaimed that this would herald soccer’s boom in popularity in the US. The fans were treated to a 0-0 tie at the end of extra time in the final, and watched the first World Cup final decided by a shootout. A few die-hards still insist that soccer will explode in popularity here, but they are delusional - some aspects of the game make it unwatchable for Americans (not just low scores, but pathetic attempts to draw penalties and such).

[InterceptPoint]

Original:” You got fans booing you for people taking a stand for what they believe in and millions of other people support this cause…”

My Version:” You got fans taking a stand for what they believe in and booing you for taking a stand for what you believe in and millions of other people who support this Marxist cause…”

BLM = Marxism. If you don’t believe it research it. They should rename BLM to BLDM since their goals have nothing to do with black lives. They could care less.

[bramps]

Fans are fools if they didn't know this crap was going to happen before they paid for tickets. US soccer is first and foremost a political organization. US soccer is absolutely abysmal. They should be paying fans to show up.

[kearnyirish2]

Our local NLS team moved from playing in Giants Stadium to a newer, much smaller one - and they still don’t sell out any games. Like the Giants and Jets, the team is marketed as “NY” but they play in NJ.

Soccer is popular with the imported replacement Americans in my area, but they don’t watch MLS soccer; they watch the European leagues or their own Latin American ones.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Only professional athletes have a right to express their political opinions.

[escapefromboston]

Shouldn’t insult paying customers

[Dagnabitt]

This creep thinks that people who don’t share his contempt for the USA are “disgusting”.